German football coach Slaven Skeledzic has been recruited to train the Afghan national team, the sport's authorities said Tuesday.
"I want to introduce the European culture and modern football to Afghanistan," Skeledzic, 43, was quoted as saying in a statement emailed Tuesday by the Afghanistan Football Federation.
The Germany-Bosnian trainer also said he wanted to "transfer the style of training from the Afghan national team to the youngsters."
He will share duties with current Afghan coach Yousuf Kargar, who was injured in stabbing last month and is Recovering in India.
Afghanistan is due to play several Central Asian teams, ahead of qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup.
"We will be facing countries like Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for the first time, thus we need to re-evaluate our football," AFF head Keramuddin Karim said.
Afghanistan won the South Asian Football Championship in 2013.
