FILE - Senegal appointed Pape Thiaw as national coach. Photo: CAFOnline.
A Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) official confirmed 43-year-old Thiaw's selection.
Thiaw had held the position on an interim basis since October following the dismissal of Aliou Cisse who took over in 2015 and led the country to their first Africa Cup of Nations triumph in 2022 and to the last two World Cup tournaments.
Former Senegal forward Thiaw, who played at French clubs St Etienne, Strasbourg and Metz, was on the team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
As a coach he won the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) which is reserved for local players.
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