BREAKING: NFF Retains Eguavoen As Super Head Head Coach, Drafts In Amuneke

The Nigeria Soccer Federation on Monday introduced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior Males Nationwide Crew, Tremendous Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser whereas former Nigeria World Cup star and former U20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke drafted in as instant assistant to Eguavoen.

One of the garlanded footballers to have come out of Nigeria, Amuneke scored each targets that gained Nigeria the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations remaining match in opposition to Zambia in Tunis, scored the aim that gained Nigeria and Africa’s first Olympic soccer gold medal in 1996 and performed within the 1994 and 1996 FIFA World Cup finals, scoring two targets in USA ’94.

As coach, the electrifying winger certified Tanzania for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and led the Taifa Stars within the finals. He’s a Member of each the FIFA and CAF Technical Research Teams.

“The NFF Board has authorised a advice of the Technical and Growth Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim) whereas Emmanuel Amuneke turns into the Chief Coach of the Tremendous Eagles. Salisu Yusuf would be the 2nd Assistant Coach/Chief Coach of the CHAN crew and Joseph Yobo shall be third Assistant whereas Aloysius Agu stays the Goalkeepers’ Coach,” NFF Common Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi introduced.

The reconstitution comes after the Tremendous Eagles’ outing on the thirty third Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon, and forward of the possibly –explosive FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off spherical in opposition to the Black Stars of Ghana subsequent month.

Sanusi added: “We acknowledge and recognize the curiosity that Mr Jose Peseiro has proven in Nigeria Soccer throughout our very cordial discussions and have completely little doubt about his capability. We imagine that maybe sooner or later, there could possibly be a possibility to work with him.

Nevertheless, in view of the optimistic efficiency of the Tremendous Eagles on the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations which has given hope to Nigerians and boosted our confidence within the current teaching crew to qualify us for the World Cup in Qatar, we’ve got determined to just accept the advice of the Technical and Growth Committee to retain the Eguavoen-led teaching crew and strengthen it with the addition of Emmanuel Amuneke.”