Platinum Stars have adopted the local is lekker policy by announcing that former Bafana Bafana captain and ex- SA national under 23 team coach Steve Komphela has been given the task of building a new-look Platinum Stars team that will herald the start of a new, exciting era in the history of the Royal Bafokeng Holdings-owned PSL club.
For Komphela, it will be a base of staying among the stars, in moving to Platinum Stars having helped elevate Free State Stars to a fourth place league finish during the 2008/2009 PSL season.
He joins Platinum Stars on a 2 year contract with an option to renew for a 3rd, and will take over the head coaching role from Miguel Gamondi, who parted ways with the club on amicable terms earlier this month.
Komphela has joined a club with huge potential with a squad of players that will be looking to bring back the glory days of not so long ago, when the Tycoons, as the club is known to its supporters, lifted the inaugural Telkom Knockout Cup in 2006 and finished runners-up in the league in the same season.
In officially announcing Komphela as the new head coach, club MD Ian Riddick said that the decision to contract a South African for the No 1 coaching post at Platinum Stars was the latest in a series of changes made at the club, in order to strongly position the squad for the 2009/2010 PSL campaign.
“With Royal Bafokeng Holdings being a 100 percent owner and holding company for Platinum Stars, a lot of strategic changes had to be implemented in the structure of the club, and I am delighted that Komphela has taken up the challenge to head up the technical team of Platinum Stars,” said Riddick.
“Komphela is highly respected as a former Bafana Bafana captain and central defender who played for clubs in SA and abroad, and as a man who through his coaching stints at the SA national under 23 side and at PSL clubs, is an astute scholar of the Beautiful Game. I am sure that his knowledge and experience will add great value to our club.”
Upon the announcement, Komphela remarked: “Platinum Stars were able to accomplish a second-place finish in the league and lifted the Telkom Knock-Out Cup two seasons ago, which proves that this club has immense talent and potential as far as winning trophies is concerned. Players want to win trophies and medals to show their children and grand children and to be the talk among the supporters.”
“I am grateful to the Platinum Stars board for considering me for this position and will do my best in order to play my part towards striving to create a successful team,” added Komphela.
Further announcements regarding the Platinum Stars technical team and playing personnel will be made in due course.
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