Joachim Fickert is a German football coach and instructor who has coached in a myriad of countries. As an itinerant football coach, he has had experience in Germany, Rwanda, Mauritania, Benin, Congo, Eritrea, Cambodia, Togo, Laos, Vietnam, Mali, and Ethiopia and has the English, French, and Khmer languages listed on his CV.

Career

Cambodia

Taking over the Cambodia national team as part of a development project in aid of the country by the German government, Fickert guided the ''Kouprey Blue'' to 4-0 and 3-1 group stage triumphs over

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and

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at the

1997 Southeast Asian Games The 1997 Southeast Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1997), officially known as the 19th Southeast Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara ke-19; the 19th SEA Games), was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Jakarta, ...

. Trusted by public to bring good results,Entwicklungshilfe in Kambodscha / Eine 1:3-Niederlage kann ein Erfolg sein
Neues-deutschland.de he steered Cambodia to its highest-ever FIFA ranking, 162nd place, in 1998 and was in charge of the team for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. Took the helm of the

Cambodian League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional football division in Cambodia and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian League 2. Starting with the 2022 ...

's Nagaworld in 2006 where they had two friendlies in Vietnam, which they were beaten 5-1 and 5-0 by Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's A and B teams.

Vietnam

Roped in by

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in December 2003 with two Cambodians, the German was dismissed from his post by mid-February 2004 following five games with unsatisfactory results.

Mali

Announced as

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...

technical director in 2008, the German was tasked with making a system for work within the

Malian Football Federation The Malian Football Federation (french: Fédération Malienne de Football, FMF) is the governing body of football in Mali. Founded in 1960, it joined the CAF in 1962 and has been affiliated with FIFA since 1964. Its first general secretary was ...

as well as overseeing the national selection.Auslandexperte Fickert: "Ich war der Sammer von Mali"
DFB However, he soon was forced to leave the country in 2012 as rebels were closing in on the Malian capital,

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger River ...

. Overall, he held seminars for over 1400 participants, got 44 coaches internships, and helped develop Malian grassroots football as a whole.

Ethiopia

Tasked to develop football in Ethiopia for four years in 2012Fußball-Lehrer Joachim Fickert wird Technischer Direktor in Äthiopien
Rhein-Zeitung based on the German model as part of a project between Germany and Ethiopia, Fickert helped Ethiopian youngsters secure contracts with European clubs and has said that the main problem with African football is lack of funds, facilities, as well as medical care.Entwicklungshilfe: Kurs erste Liga
Zeit Online

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