Siasia takes over from Oliseh |
" World Cup coach"Samson Siasia and FIFA U-17 World Cup winner,Emmanuel Amuneke have been appointed by the Nigeria Football Federation to tinker the Super Eagles ,following the shocking resignation of Sunday Oliseh
.
Siasia and Amuneke will work with respected tactician ,Salisu Yusuf and Alloy Agu for the upcoming 2017
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt.
The
combination was recommended by the NFF Technical and Development Committee
following Sunday Oliseh’s sudden resignation on twitter in the early hours of Friday.
Siasia
served as Super Eagles’ Head Coach between December 2010 and October 2011,
before his contract was terminated following the team’s failure to qualify for
the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
Amuneke
led the Nigeria U-17 boys to a fifth FIFA World Cup title in Chile last year
and was hailed for his excellent comportment and maturity, as well as the
tremendous skills of his players.
Salisu
Yusuf and Alloy Agu were in the immediate past crew led by Oliseh and will
serve as the bridge with the new team as Nigeria gets set for a potentially
–explosive double date with the Pharaohs in March.
Siasia
and Amuneke are among few ex-Nigeria internationals who boast impressive track
record in coaching. Amuneke, who has a UEFA Pro licence, was assistant to Manu
Garba when the Nigeria U-17 squad won a fourth FIFA World Cup title in 2013,
and then headed the crew that successfully defended the trophy last year.
Siasia
steered the Nigeria U-20 team to the African title in 2005 and led the team to runner-up
spot at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in The Netherlands the same year. He also led
the U-23 to silver medal in the men’s football tournament of the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing, and two months ago, led the U-23 to win the Africa U-23 Cup of
Nations in Senegal, in the process qualifying the team to this year’s Olympics.
Both
men scored as Nigeria achieved an impressive debut at the FIFA World Cup in the
USA in 1994. Amuneke scored against Bulgaria and Italy and Siasia scored
against Argentina.
Amuneke
also scored the two goals as Nigeria edged Zambia to win the Africa Cup of
Nations for the first time on away soil in Tunis in 1994, and also scored the
winner as Nigeria defeated Argentina to win Africa’s first Olympics football
gold in USA two years later.
Contrary
to claims by Oliseh that he was being owed wages and did not receive support
from the NFF, top officials confirmed to the Nff that he was this week paid
the sum of N20 million, being salaries for three months (December 2015, January
2016 and February 2016) and half-year rent for July-December 2015. He was
signed on in July 2015. The only money he is owed is the bonus for the World
Cup qualifier against Swaziland in Port Harcourt in November 2015, which the
NFF had promised to pay players and officials on resumption of camping for the
matches against Egypt.
Chairman
of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Chris Green told the Nff that “The
new crew has the mandate to reach out to the very best Nigerian players
anywhere. The matches against Egypt would not be picnics and we need our very
best for those contests.”
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