Al Ahly officially to be headed by US second-tier league head coach

Al Ahly football club has officially signed Patrice Carteron as its new coach, according to King Fut. The 47-year-old Frenchman, was the head coach of Phoenix Rising, a second-tier team in the US. He succeeds Hossam El Badry, who resigned last month following Al Ahly's loss against Kampala City in Uganda at the CAF Champions League. The job marks Carteron’s return to Egypt after coaching Wadi Degla for less than a year in 2016.