Sunday Oliseh finally confirmed as super eagles coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have officially presented Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh to the media and the general public as the new Head Coach of the Senior National Team – Super Eagles.


It could be recalled that there doubts concerning ceremony after the NSC earlier in the week queried the procedure employed by the NFF in hiring Oliseh and his Belgian assistant, claiming the football body did not follow the Procurement Act.

But the Nigeria Football Federation in a swift move pacified the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Al Hassan Yakmut and solicited support for the unveiling of the ex internatiopal as the new coach of the Super Eagles.

The former Eagles skipper will instantly get on with the task of preparing the Super Eagles for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away fixture against Tanzania in the first week of September, as well as an international friendly some days later.

A physical, technical defensive midfielder, Oliseh played for well-known clubs such as AFC Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus F.C.

The 40-year old gaffer played 54 international matches and scored two goals for Nigeria winning the AFCON trophy in 1994.