Stanley Menzo, Suriname coach and former national soccer
goalkeeper coach of the Netherlands. REUTERS/ARC/Dominic
Favre, File
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Caribbean Life, JAN. 28-FEB. 3, 2022 35
By Nelson A. King
This year will mark an important
milestone for the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) member
state Suriname National
Team. Fresh off a historic 2021
in which it won its first ever
CONCACAF Gold Cup match
defeating Guadeloupe 2-1, Suriname
will get a crack at the best
nations in CONCACAF in League
A of the 2022-23 CONCACAF
Nations League, according to
CONCACAF.
It said a new man is at the
helm of Suriname, Stanley
Menzo, who took over for Dean
Gorre earlier this month.
Born in the Suriname capital
city of Paramaribo, Menzo spent
much of his playing career as a
goalkeeper in the Netherlands,
notably at Dutch powerhouse
Ajax, CONCACAF.
Now as Suriname coach, it
said he will be looking to lead
his birth country forward after
spending 2021 managing nearby
Aruba.
“When it came to this opportunity,
I asked myself the question,
‘Why not?’” he told CONCACAF.
“I could have been the
coach for Suriname twice before,
and I didn’t go for it.
“In the meantime, a lot of
development took place and also,
in my career,” he added. “I think
it’s the right moment, because
we have big potential and the
coach before me, Dean Gorre,
made some good steps with the
team. Now we want to raise it in
all different parts of football, like
organization and scouting.
“It is a big honor to coach
Suriname,” Menzo continued. “It
is something to be proud of for
anyone who becomes the coach
of their national team. It was
always a dream. I have tried to
do what I could do for Suriname
football during my career and so
it has all come together now,”
added Menzo.
CONCACAF said a big contributor
to the rise of the Suriname
National Team in recent years is
that players with dual passports
are now eligible to compete for
Suriname, a change that took
place less than two years ago.
Leveraging that dual passport
possibility, CONCACAF said
Menzo sees a path on which to
improve via player recruiting
ahead of their Nations League
campaign in which they’ll face
the region’s best in League A.
“One thing for sure is that we
will defend our nation with all we
have,” he said. “We are looking to
recruit more youngsters, more
players who are playing at high
levels in Europe and the world.
“If you want to do something
at the League A level, you have
to increase your level,” he added.
“That’s why it’s important that we
recruit more players, better players
so that we can raise the standard
and show ourselves against
top countries in the region.”
CONCACAF said finding those
players who are eligible to represent
Suriname can be a challenge,
“which is why Menzo is
stressing the importance of Suriname
improving its organization
as a whole to help better attract
players.”
“Part of the recruitment is that
these players are coming from
professional environments and
they want to see that improvement,”
Menzo said. “They want
to see that it is more professional.
I’m talking about organization
of the training camps, the
traveling.
“It’s a normal process for players
who are maybe at level 10, but
different for players who come
from a level 100,” he added. “It
is not always easy to recruit new
players, because they want to see
a level 100, but the organization
in Suriname is somewhere
in between and that brings difficulties.
“We are going to try to make
it more professional,” Menzo continued.
“It won’t happen overnight;
it takes time, but at the
moment that they see development,
we hope the players say,
‘OK, I’m convinced there is more
development, there is more professionalism.
I will take a chance
and go for Suriname.’”
Suriname Coach Stanley Menzo:
‘We want to raise the standard’
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