Among the coaches at the COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships will be Brazilian Guga Zloccowick, who takes charge of Saudi Arabia. The Middle East nation are the first ever non-African team to compete at a COSAFA event and Zloccowick says he is proud to make history with his team.
He is also no stranger to African beach soccer having studied all the teams on display and enjoyed a glittering career as a coach that has taken him to eight national teams.
Now he is plotting the future of Saudi Arabia beach soccer and is convinced there lies much potential in the nation, and that they can qualify for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
The COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships will be s stepping stone towards that as he builds a squad capable of competing with the best in the world.
He talks to us about the tournament, growing the game in Saudi Arabia and much more in a fascinating interview for The COSAFA Show.
