AS Vita Club shake up coaching panel, hire Nanitelamio

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s sleeping giants A.S Vita Club have made coaching changes midway through the Linafoot Ligue 1 campaign.

A.S Vita have appointed Cédric-Arnauld Nanitelamio as their new head coach after parting ways with Barthelemy Ngatsono.

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🎙🇨🇬 Coach 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲 a un message adressé aux 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚 VEA du monde entier.#𝚅𝙴𝙰𝚗𝚊𝙼𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙼𝙰 🫶🏿🟢⚫ pic.twitter.com/0qjb57tv4F

— A.S VITA CLUB (@veaofficiel) April 24, 2026

The CAF A Licence-holder, who is from Congo Brazzaville, ascended to the helm of the club on Thursday, 23rd April 2026 a day after Ngatsono’s exit.

Cédric-Arnauld Nanitelamio first words

The Kinshasa-based giants have, through their spokesperson Prince-Liévin Nzazi, since confirmed the arrival of the 43-year-old coach as quoted by Congolese news agency ACP.

“Indeed, after the reorganization of the technical staff, the Congolese Cédric Arnaud Nanitelamio has been appointed new coach of AS V. Club. For the moment, his contract is to lead the team during the play-off of the football league championship (Linafoot),” Nzazi said.

In an interview with the Kinshasa-based club’s media, Nanitelamio promised to turnaround the fortunes of the team to compete strongly in the domestic league and Africa.

Who else has joined AS Vita Club?

The youthful coach has brought with him compatriot Clement Massamba and Oussama Khelifi as assistant coach and fitness coach respectively.

🆕 @Nanithe is our new head coach.
Welcome aboard the team
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— A.S VITA CLUB (@veaofficiel) April 23, 2026

The previous coach seemed to have done to secure his job with the Green and Black after managing to hold on to fourth position in stream B of the Linafoot Ligue 1.

Appointed last October, Ngatsono presided over 26 games: posting 12 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses. The club lies five points behind leaders Aigles du Congo FC.

AS Vita Club are considered among the giants of African football boasting one CAF Champions League won in 1973 and 15 Linafoot Ligue 1 titles to their credit.