Former Wales captain Craig Bellamy was employed to teach the nationwide staff till 2028 on Tuesday.
“It’s the proudest second of my profession,” stated Bellamy, who retired from enjoying in 2014. “It was all the time my final dream.”
Bellamy, who was a pacy striker with Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle, has most just lately been assistant coach at Burnley within the English Premier League. This might be his first senior teaching position.
He performed 78 instances for Wales from 1998-2014, captaining the staff from 2007-10.
Bellamy’s first sport in cost might be towards Turkey within the Nations League.
Wales has been with no coach for the reason that departure of Robert Web page, who was fired in June after failing to qualify the staff for the European Championship.
Web page did lead Wales to the 2022 World Cup, the primary time the nationwide staff performed in that match since 1958.
