Breaking! Keister Returns As Leone Stars Of Sierra Leone Coach

England born former Sierra Leone international, John Keister, has been reappointed as the coach of the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone.

The 49 years old was appointed to bridge the gap at the national team after Ghanaian Seles Tetteh left the position in March.

Keister is making his second coming as the coach of Sierra Leone after he had previously managed the Leone Stars and this time, the sports authorities in the country gave him a three years deal.

The 2019 Sierra Leone Premier League winner’s first task is to qualify the Leone Stars for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, a task the looks very daunting given that Nigeria is firmly on top of the qualifying group.

Sierra Leone is first from bottom in the race to Africa Cup of Nations 2022 in Cameroon after a 1-1 draw and an away defeat to Benin in their opening two matches.

He will be assisted by FC Kallon coach Amidu Karim, Bo Rangers technician Dominic Konneh and Prince Tamba Moses as goalkeeping coach.

Keister is not new to this role as he was in charge of Sierra Leone during the 2019 African Cup Of Nations qualifiers before the country was suspended.

He guided Leone stars to a 2-1 opening over Kenya in Freetown June 2017 but lost to Ethiopia 1-0 at the Hawassa Stadium in matchday two of the Afcon qualifying campaign.

The Manchester-born manager has been a success since taking over the reign at East End Lions. He guided the East End giant club to triumph during the 2018/ 2019 Sierra Leone Premier League season undefeated.

Keister had previously served as head coach of the Leone Stars home-based team as well as the Sierra Leone under-17 and under-23 national teams.

The former Sierra Leone international in his playing days has had spells with Walsall, Chester City, Shrewsbury Town, and Stevenage Borough.