The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of the former coach of Mali Eric Chelle as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria.
Nigeria have been without a substantive coach since the short term of Finidi George, which lasted just a month with interim coach Austine Eguavoen guiding them successfully through the qualifiers for the AFCON.
Eguavoen will now return to his role as the technical director of the football house with Chelle taking his spot as the coach of the team for the world cup qualifiers, which resumes in March.
His appointment has drawn a reaction from former Super Eagles striker Victor Anichebe , who in a post on social media platform Instagram wondered how the coach was handed the job.
“Would love to know what process was carried out when selecting this manager. That being said good luck to him the pressure he will face managing the super eagles is a heavy one. All the best”, he posted.
Chelle’s managerial career has seen him take charge of 159 games where he won 70, drew 42 and lost 70. He was fired as the coach of Mali in June last year after two poor results in the world cup qualifiers, where they were beaten 1-2 by Ghana at home before drawing 0-0 away to ten man Madagascar.
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