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| Jose Peseiro |
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday, announced the appointment of Mr. Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, as the the appointment is said to be with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr. Peseiro.
José
Vitor dos Santos Peseiro, 62 last month, is a Portuguese who played as a
striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top clubs and
National Teams across four different continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and South
America.
An
educationist with a degree in physical education/sports sciences, Peseiro has
top-level coaching qualifications/training, and has coached at Sporting Lisbon,
FC Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Sporting Braga, Victoria Gumaraes,
Al-Hilal, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly Cairo, Sharjah FC and Real Madrid (assistant coach
during the Galacticos era), as well as serving as Head Coach of the Saudi
Arabian and Venezuelan National Teams.
Peseiro
is expected to lead out the Super Eagles for the first time during the upcoming
tour of the United States of America, during which the three –time African
champions will slug it out with Mexico and Ecuador ‘A’ Teams in prestige
friendlies. The Eagles will tango with the El Tri at the AT & T Stadium in
Dallas, State of Texas on Saturday, 28th May before flying to New Jersey to
confront Ecuador at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Thursday, 2nd June.
The NFF also announced that former Nigeria international forward, Finidi George will now be 1st Assistant to Peseiro, with Salisu Yusuf now to be 2nd Assistant as well as Head Coach of the CHAN and U23 National Teams. Usman Abdallah is 3rd Assistant while Eboboritse Uwejamomere will be the Match Analyst and another former Nigeria international, Ike Shorounmu will be the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.
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