NFF Appoints New Head Coach For Super Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr. Joee Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles.

The appointment which was said to with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr. Peseiro.

The New Coach, a Portuguese,Jose Victor Santos Peseiro, who clocked 62 last month, also a football striker in his days, who has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, namely: 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, FV Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Sporti Braga, Victoria Gumaraes, Al-Hilal, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly Cairo, Sharjah FC and Real Madrid as assistant coach during the Galacticos era.He has as well served as Head Coach of the Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan National Teams.

Peseiro is expected to lead out the Super Eagles for the first time to a football tour in the United States of America, during which the three-time African champions will slug it out with Mexico and Ecuador, the teams who are good at playing playing friendly matches.

The Eagles will engage with the El TRI at the AT & amp;T Stadium in Dallas, State of Texay on Saturday, 28th May before flying to New Jersey to confront Ecui at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Thuy, 2nd June.

The NFF also announced that former Nigeria International forward, Finidi George will now be 1st Assistant to Peseiro, while Salisu Yusuf now to be 2nd Assistant as well as Head Coach of y 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.