Following an underwhelming performance of the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the last African Cup of Nations in Cameroon which led to the disengagement of Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Adviser of the team.
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of Mr. Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles.
The news of Mr. Peseiro’s appointment was broken through a statement circulated on Sunday by the NFF’S spokesperson, Ademola Olajire.
“Peseiro is expected to lead out the Super Eagles for the first time during the upcoming tour of the United States of America, during which the three–time African champions will slug it out with Mexico and Ecuador ‘A’ Teams in prestige friendlies.” The statement partly reads.
Peseiro has experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, namely Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.
He has coached at Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Sporting Braga, Victoria Gumaraes, Al-Hilal, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly Cairo, Sharjah FC, and Real Madrid as an assistant coach
The 62-year-old has also served as Head Coach of the Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan National Teams.
The Portuguese will be assisted by a team of Nigerians in Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf, Usman Abdallah, Eboboritse Uwejamomere (Match Analyst), and Ike Shorounmu.