José Peseiro, nouveau patron of Nigeria. Already last December, his name had appeared on the NFF. The Portuguese coach was announced coach-observer of Nigeria at CAN 2021 while Augustine Eguavoen would continue his interim. Peseiro was only to take the reins following the tournament. But once the CAN ended, Eguavoen kept the confidence of its leaders to continue its mission until the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup. Finally, Nigeria will be eliminated by Ghana and the National Technical Director thanked.
José Peseiro, who has remained in the shadows for all this time, can now get out of it. He will lead the Super Eagles well following signing his contract in the coming days. He will also begin his mission during the tour of Nigeria in the United States at the end of the month once morest Mexico (May 28) then Ecuador (June 2). Then it will continue with the start of the CAN 2023 qualifiers where the Super Eagles will face Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone.
The staff of the 62-year-old technician, with limited African experience (short spells at Al-Ahly in Egypt and Al-Hilal in Sudan), will be made up of Finidi George, a former Nigerian international striker, as assistant coach, as well as Salisu Yusuf and Usman Abdullah. To train the goalkeepers, Ike Shorounmu, another former Nigerian international, has been selected.
