Summary S Arabia football federation has fired Frank Rijkaard as coach after team’s defeat at the Gulf Cup.
The Saudi Arabian football federation says it has fired Frank Rijkaard as coach of the national team following a humiliating exit at the Gulf Cup.
The sacking Wednesday comes almost a year after the once-powerful Saudi side failed to advance in 2014 World Cup qualifying. Rijkaard, the former Barcelona coach who was given a nearly $16 million deal in June 2011, was supposed to return the team to the pinnacle of Middle East football. Instead, the four-time World Cup participants have fallen to 126th in the world.
The final straw came when team was dumped out of the Gulf Cup last week by lowly Kuwait.
