NFF appoints Manu Garba as Golden Eaglets’ coach
The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner Manu Garba as head coach of the Golden Eaglets.
Ademola Olajire, NFF spokesman, announced this in a statement on Friday.
In the same role, Mr Garba led the Golden Eaglets to win the FIFA U17 World Cup for Nigeria in the United Arab Emirates in 2013.
Mr Garba’s 2013 squad included Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Isaac Success, Musa Mohammed, Chidiebere Nwakali, and goalkeeper Dele Alampasu.
The squad, which finished as runners-up at the African U17 Championship in Morocco after a penalty shootout defeat by Cote d’Ivoire, defeated Mexico 6-1 in their opening game.
It drew 3-3 with Sweden and hammered Iraq 5-0. In the Round of 16, they defeated Iran 4-1, dispatched Uruguay 2-0 in the quarter-finals and trounced Sweden 3-0 in the semi-finals.
They went ahead to dislodge Mexico by the same margin in the final to lift the trophy.
The NFF said Mr Garba would begin work immediately and take charge of the team’s preparations for the WAFU B U17 Championship, scheduled for Ghana in May.
(NAN)
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