At last, NFF names Finidi George as Super Eagles’ head coach

After a long wait for a substantive coach for the senior national team, Super Eagles , the Nigeria Football Federation , yesterday, named former Ajax Amsterdam midfielder, Finidi George , as the team’s new head coach.After a long wait for a substantive coach for the senior national team, Super Eagles , the Nigeria Football Federation , yesterday, named former Ajax Amsterdam midfielder, Finidi George , as the team’s new head coach.

In announcing George as Nigeria’s new head coach, the NFF said it accepted the recommendations of its technical committee, which chose the Enyimba of Aba coach over nine other applicants for the position. George, a member of the so-styled ‘Golden Generation’ that won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Tunisia and emerged the second most entertaining team in Nigeria’s debut at the FIFA World Cup finals in USA the same year, won 62 caps for Nigeria, including featuring at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup finals. He also won gold, silver and bronze medals from the 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2002 AFCON tournaments.

The new gaffer’s immediate task will be to guide the Super Eagles to victory in two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against South Africa and Benin Republic in Uyo and Abidjan respectively, in a little over five weeks. The matches are must-win encounters, with the Super Eagles lagging behind in third place in Group C of the African campaign behind Rwanda and South Africa.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.

The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the appointment of Finidi George as the new Super Eagles head coach. The NFF said George's appointment followed the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint the new head coach.

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