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Former Barcelona winger Emmanuel Amunike has taken step one in the direction of changing into the top coach of the Tremendous Eagles, Soccernet.ng studies.
The top coach place of Nigeria males’s nationwide workforce grew to become vacant after Jose Peseiro left the position following the expiration of his contract after the conclusion of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Peseiro was in control of the Tremendous Eagles for 22 months, the spotlight of his tenure being Nigeria’s spectacular second-place end on the AFCON in February.
Nonetheless, lower than 48 hours after the Nigeria Soccer Federation introduced that it was taking functions for the place of the Tremendous Eagles head coach, Amunike has utilized.
In keeping with Nigerian sports activities broadcaster Charles Anazodo, Amunike has submitted his software, concretising his curiosity in taking over the Tremendous Eagles’ number-one teaching job.
Amunike’s taking part in profession
Amunike, 1994 Africa Participant of the Yr, is one among Nigeria’s most profitable gamers and a key element of the nationwide workforce’s biggest achievements.
The retired winger scored twice within the ultimate because the Tremendous Eagles received the 1994 AFCON. He additionally netted the profitable objective as Nigeria defeated Argentina to win the gold medal on the 1996 Olympic Video games.
Amunike scored two objectives on the 1994 World Cup, together with the Tremendous Eagles’ solely strike in opposition to Italy that almost secured Nigeria’s passage to the quarterfinals.
On the membership stage, he received main titles with Egyptian giants Zamalek, Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, and Spain’s Barcelona.
Amunike’s teaching profession
After retirement, Amunike turned to teaching and dealt with a few youth groups in Spain earlier than he was appointed the assistant coach of Saudi Arabian top-flight membership Al Hazm in 2008.
He lasted for just a few months on the job earlier than he returned to Nigeria to change into the top coach of Julius Berger. The next yr, the previous Albacete star took cost of Ocean Boys.
Amunike’s efficiency on the two NPFL golf equipment caught the eye of the NFF, and in 2012, he was named the assistant coach of the Golden Eaglets.
Underneath the management of Manu Garba and Amunike, the Golden Eaglets completed second on the 2013 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations and rode to glory on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013.
After the workforce’s triumph, Amunike was made the top coach of the Nigeria U-17 workforce, and the previous Barcelona man put collectively one among Nigeria’s best ever under-age squads.
The Golden Eaglets stumbled to a fourth-place end on the 2015 U17 AFCON.
Nonetheless, with Kelechi Nwakali, Samuel Chukwueze, and a sure Victor Osimhen in full stream, Nigeria beat all-comers to win the U17 World Cup in Chile.
After he left his position with the Golden Eaglets, Amunike managed Sudanese first-division membership Al Khartoum earlier than he was named the top coach of the Tanzanian nationwide workforce.
After failing to achieve the AFCON since 1980, Tanzania have been in a nasty place when Amunike took over.
Nonetheless, the previous Tremendous Eagles winger guided the nation to achieve the 2019 AFCON in Egypt.
He was, nevertheless, dismissed after Tanzania misplaced all their three group video games on the match.
Following a short stint with Egypt’s Misr Lel Makkasa, Amunike was named as assistant to Augustine Eguavoen, the interim head coach of the Tremendous Eagles to the 2021 AFCON.
Nigeria exited the match within the knockout spherical and did not qualify for the 2022 World Cup, and the teaching crew was disbanded.
Amunike, till final yr, was on the e book of Zambian giants Zanaco as a workforce guide.
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