Qatari club Al Gharafa has sacked coach Bruno Metsu for the team's indifferent form in the domestic league and replaced the well-travelled Frenchman with Brazilian Paulo Silas.
Al Gharafa are in seventh spot in the Qatar Star League this season and lost 5-1 to Al Rayyan last week, prompting Metsu's sacking, the club said on it website (www.algharafa.com).
Metsu was removed as national coach of Qatar following the country's quarter-final exit at the 2011 Asian Cup in Doha before he took over at Al Gharafa on a three-year deal for his second stint with the club.
The long-haired Frenchman is best known for guiding Senegal to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, during which the African nation defeated defending champions France in the opening game of the tournament.