Finidi George appointed new Super Eagles head coach<\/p>\n
By Makua Ubanagu, Peter Akinbo<\/p>\n
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles winger Finidi George as the new head coach of the nation\u2019s senior men\u2019s national team.<\/p>\n
The announcement came in a statement on Monday, with the NFF Board approving the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to hand over the reins to the 52-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Real Betis forward.<\/p>\n
Finidi George, who spent 20 months as an assistant to the outgoing Jos\u00e9 Santos Peseiro, had been serving as the interim coach after the Portuguese tactician\u2019s departure following the Super Eagles\u2019 impressive run to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n
During his interim tenure, George oversaw two friendly matches in Morocco last month, where the team ended an 18-year winless streak against Ghana with a 2-1 victory before suffering a 0-2 loss to Mali.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeorge, a member of the so-styled \u2018Golden Generation\u2019 that won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Tunisia and emerged as the second most entertaining team in Nigeria\u2019s 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,\u201d the NFF statement read.<\/p>\n
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Reflecting on his illustrious playing career, the statement highlighted George\u2019s achievements, which include \u201cgold, silver and bronze medals from the 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2002 AFCON tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of George\u2019s most memorable moments came when he \u201cassisted Rashidi Yekini (of blessed memory) to score Nigeria\u2019s first-ever FIFA World Cup goal against Bulgaria in Dallas, USA on 19th June 1994,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n
The new Super Eagles boss\u2019s immediate task will be to guide the team to victory in two crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against South Africa and the Benin Republic in Uyo and Abidjan, respectively, within the next five weeks.<\/p>\n
The NFF statement emphasised that \u201cthe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
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