NFF appoint Portuguese tactician Jose Peseiro as head coach of the Super Eagles
Nigeria Football Federation has appoint Portuguese tactician Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, Felele247.com understands.
NFF in a statement noted that Mr Peseiro’s appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between him and the NFF.
The former Sporting Lisbon coach will work with the Nigeria senior men football team for a year and short contract with an extension based on performance of the team.
He previously worked with Greek giants 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.
Mr Peseiro’s succeeds Augustine Eguavoen who held the position on interim but was sacked after he failed to qualify the team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this year.
