Frenchman Banide is Al Kharaitiyat's New Football Coach

Doha, December 31 (QNA) - Qatar's Al Kairaitiyat football club board has appointed the Frenchman Laurent Banide as new head coach of its football team for the 2011-2012 seasons, according to a Qatar Stars League (QSL) report. The Frenchman will be in charge for the next six months, the club confirmed. Banide, 43, who managed Umm Salal club in 2008-09 seasons, replaces Al Kharaitiyat's Tunisian coach Lutfi Al Banzarti. He will soon leave Monaco to take up his new position. Banide was handed the reins at Monaco on January 10 earlier this year, after the club sacked Coach Guy Lacombe two days after their humiliating French Cup defeat by fifth division side Chambery. The Frenchman has also coached Umm-Salal and Al Kuwait. In February 2010, he left Al Dhafra Club Abu Dhabi to join Al Nasr SC. Banide has managed many football clubs in the Gulf region over the past years, including Qatar s Umm Slal FC where he guided the club to win the HH the Emir football Cup in 2008. Currently, Al Kharaitiyat is at number 11 in the 12-team QSL. (QNA)