 He became a coach and went to Malaysia to work as the chief coach of the Malaysian first division from 1992 to 1995.He then spent a season as manager of a club in the Maldives in 1999.From 2000 he worked as the chief coach of the Slovakian first division, until he was headhunted by the AFC to become Pakistan national football team head coach from January 2002 to March 2003.