After months of searching, Vanuatu Football Federation has appointed Paul Munster as the National Coach for the men’s senior national team.
Munster, 35, is Swedish and part-Irish.
The VFF announced the arrival of the new coach in Port Vila on their Facebook page
Munster comes from Minerva Punjab in India where he was Technical Director of the I-League side, before signing up as Head Coach there.
He took charge of Minerva Punjab for 16 games during the 2018-19 season, winning only three, before reverting back to his role of Technical Director.
Munster was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but played most of his career abroad, including for Slavia Praha in the Czech Republic.
He retired from playing in 2012 and took up coaching in Sweden where he coached many teams, most notably Assyriska and Örebro Syrianska, two clubs notable for being formed by immigrants from Syria, hence their names.
Munster will now face the challenge of taking Vanuatu far in the Pacific Games in Samoa in July and then aim for the Nations Cup next year.
The search for a national coach was announced in October 2018.
At that time, VFF said “it is on the hunt for a new national team coach to lead the team into the future.”
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