SIMBA SC goalkeeping coach Daniel Cadena has opted out against extending his contract with the club just one season after joining from Azam FC.

Albeit efforts from the club to keep him, Cadena will leave Simba, and is said to have already informed the team leadership of his intentions to depart from the club.

The Spanish coach signed a one-year deal with an option to extend but he has shown a desire to seek challenges elsewhere.

Although Cadena was not ready to disclose his decision, there are reports that he wants to be close to his family back home in Spain after years of service in Tanzania.

Cadena has helped improve Simba’s goalkeepers with noticeable efforts being on Ali Salim, who became the club’s hero in a penalty shootout in their Community Shield win against Yanga at Mkwakwani Stadium in Tanga.

Although Simba failed to identify their first team’s goalkeeper at the beginning of the season, Cadena helped the club settle the situation after identifying Ayoub Lakred as their number one goalie.

Cadena joined Simba July, last year, as a goalkeeping coach from Azam FC taking the place of Moroccan, Chlouha Zakaria, who was sacked by the Msimbazi Street side.

The 46-year-old coach was born in the Balearic Islands in the city of Mallorca, Spain. Despite being a goalkeeping coach, he also has a UEFA Pro License coaching certificate, the highest in European coaching football.

He served as Simba’s interim coach last year after the sacking of Roberto Oliviera following a 5-1 loss to Yanga and later as an assistant head coach before handing over to Abdelhak Benchikha.

His previous stints as a head coach came with U-20, U-18 and U-17 of Sevilla, Real Betis, and Recreativo Huelva all from Spain.

He joined Azam FC in July 2022 from Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Mingtu.