Malampa Revivors Football Club is keen to take on Percy Avock, a local coach based in New Caledonia to help the side prepare for the 2017 OFC Champion’s league.
Avock is a former national team player and is known in the region as AS Mont-Dore coach and favored for his Diploma in Sports attained in France.
Avock, who is well-known for his days with the Yatel Football Club days in Port Vila, now lives in Noumea where he runs a small electrical company.
His passion for football and Vanuatu brought him to Santo last month to assess the needs of team Malampa which is coached and played by some of his close relatives.
Avock coached Team Vanuatu for the OFC Nations Cup in Honiara in Solomon Islands in 2012 where their campaign ended miserably in the pool stages due to lack of preparation.
If all goes well, he will be the Malampa head coach to O-League assisted by long time Revivors coach and well know Elder from the Sarakata Centenary Church, Steve Ham, and longtime assistant coach Peter Jacob.
Avock conducted six-days of intense training with Malampa last month.
“I expect players from other member associations who were listed to join the team to start moving to Luganville before we decide on the final O-League team”, he said during a ceremony before he left for New Caledonia last week for a break.
Malampa pre-squad are mostly current players with listed recruits from 8 member associations, a new composition designed by a technical team of coaches in Luganville.
“I have trust in the current team and also our weaknesses must be considered important as well, and if we need to recruit we must do so before any late arrangements”, he said.
Malampa first qualified for the Champions League in the 2015 National Super League after a dramatic victory over Ifira Black Bird by 2-1 in the semi-final, and thus securing a spot, despite losing to Amicale FC in the final by 3-0.
Malampa Revivors is in Pool C of the Champion’s league with tournament favorites Auckland City, Lae City Dwellers and Western United Football Club.
There are 4 pools in the final stages of the tournament hosted by New Caledonia, Tahiti and New Zealand in March.