Pedro Leitão Brito, better known as Bubista, has stepped down as head coach of Cape Verde to take on a new challenge with Moroccan club RS Berkane. Meanwhile, Ivory Coast has brought back Herve Renard as their head coach.

Bubista led Cape Verde to the last 32 of the World Cup, where they lost 3-2 to Argentina after extra time. He also took the team to the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. At RS Berkane, he signed a two-year contract, replacing Moin Chaabani, now coach of Tunisia.

Renard has won the Africa Cup of Nations twice, including with Ivory Coast in 2015. Ivory Coast decided not to renew Emerse Fae’s contract after their World Cup exit. Fae took over during the Africa Cup of Nations, where the team won the tournament.

Renard has coached Morocco and Saudi Arabia after leaving Ivory Coast in 2015. The length of his new contract is not disclosed, but he will arrive in Abidjan soon.

Bubista’s success with Cape Verde raised his profile to join RS Berkane, who, despite not being one of Morocco’s biggest clubs, has won a domestic league title and three Caf Confederation Cups.

Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup for the first time and was seen as an underdog story. The football federation thanked Bubista for his contributions and wished him well.

Bubista is one of several African coaches to leave post-World Cup. Vladimir Petkovic left Algeria after they lost to Switzerland, and Hugo Broos resigned as South Africa’s coach.

Senegal fired Pape Thiaw after losing to Belgium, considering Patrick Vieira as a replacement. The Ghana Football Association is discussing the future of Carlos Queiroz after his team’s World Cup exit.