Yanga has introduced video analyst Mpho Maruping (32), a South African citizen
Before focusing on the analysis industry, Maruping was a midfielder playing for several teams in the South African Premier League
He gave up football after sustaining injuries that forced him to turn to other football management roles
His arrival is a suggestion of the bench, Coach Miguel Gamondi needing a different expert who is only responsible for studying the opponents
Maruping has taken the place left by Khalil Ben Youssen who left alongside Yanga's former coach Nasredine Nabi
The specialist studied photography and video at the University of Pretoria before focusing more on video match analysis and coaching, starting to work as Joel Masutha's assistant in the Pretoria Callies team that was in the Second Division (NFD).
p>He is said to be an expert in planning team plans to help coaches through various matches of his team and even opponents and he was part of the success of the South African women's national team, Banyana Banyana, who won the African championship last year in Morocco.
p>He was also in the squad that reached the Top 16 of the 2023 World Cup Finals by being eliminated by the Netherlands, while working under the Academy of the current President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), Dr. Patrice Motsepe of the Venda Football Academy .
