Zimbabwe have cut loose their Croatian trainer Zdravko Logarusic after a miserable run of form since he took over the side.

The ZIFA board, under pressure from the domestic football community have shown the Croat the exit.

It means Loga will not be able to make his debut at the AFCON finals in January next year.

He was set to grace the tournament for the first time after the Warriors booked their place at the showcase set for Cameroon.

The Croat has won just one game in 14 matches since he took charge of the national team.

He leaves with his team bottom of the table in the 2022 World Cup Group G qualifiers without a goal and just a point to their credit.

His time in charge of the Warriors has deeply divided local football and transformed ZIFA into fire-fighters, who are always scrambling to try and defend his glaring shortcomings.

He lost control of his dressing room, with his criticism of players, instead of his tactical flaws, deflating morale among the Warriors.

Many of the players felt they had been forced to concentrate more on defence, instead of attack, and this crippled the team, which explains the general lack of goals.

The Warriors haven't scored in their last three AFCON/World Cup qualifiers with their last goal coming from a rebound, in a Nations Cup qualifier, against Botswana, in Francistown.