Kaizer Chiefs have announced that former Bafana Bafana head coach Molefi Ntseki has been appointed as the club's head of technical and youth development academy.

Ntseki's contract with Amakhosi is for an initial three-year period while the club will have an option to extend the deal for a further two years.

The South African Football Association (Safa) sacked the 51-year-old in March after Bafana failed to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ntseki is also a former head coach of the South Africa U17 team.

He will have now the responsibility of advising on all technical operations and developing the strategy for the Kaizer Chiefs senior team, youth development academy and the reserves.

He has also been tasked with being the custodian of the Kaizer Chiefs' culture and preserve the football philosophy of the Soweto club so that the transition from youth to the senior level is seamless.

Chiefs' chairman Kaizer Motaung said in quotes published on the club's website on Monday: "We are delighted to have Molefi Ntseki at Kaizer Chiefs.

"Molefi comes at the right time as we implement changes that we believe are necessary for the Club as we go into the future."

"We strongly believe that we have appointed the right person for the position as he is someone who has really worked at all stages of football, from school level, youth structures and all our national teams."

Ntseki has already worked with members of the Chiefs technical team during his time with Bafana Bafana as head coach, where he called up assistant Arthur Zwane, goalkeeper coach Lee Baxter and analyst Mark Davy to work with him during a number of international matches.

Motaung added: "We want to make progress in the way we run our football technical operations at all levels.

"We also do not want to lose all the good lessons we have learned in as far as our Youth Development Academy is concerned.

"Kaizer Chiefs has seen good players come through our youth structures and we would like for that to continue.

"We look forward to Molefi's contribution within the Kaizer Chiefs set-up. We believe he will work well with all the coaches from senior to junior levels and members of the technical team as we continue to build the Club and maintain its position in South African football and growth in Africa."

Kaizer Chiefs appoint Molefi Ntseki as head of youth development