The Tremendous Eagles stay with no substantive coach practically two months after Jose Peseiro vacated his publish.
The Nigeria Soccer Federation is in a race towards time to call a brand new head coach for the nationwide crew with about six weeks left to the essential 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers towards South Africa and the Benin Republic.
After inviting functions from tacticians final month, the NFF had the troublesome job of screening greater than 60 coaches who utilized for the job.
In accordance with reports, the soccer physique has drafted a closing shortlist that features a number of Nigerian coaches, together with Emmanuel Amunike and Michael Nsien, who coaches the USA U20 crew.
Three European coaches additionally reportedly made the ultimate shortlist, and they’re Danny Bujis from the Netherlands, Domnece Torrent from Spain, and Toni Conceicao from Portugal.
However who’re these coaches, and what are their observe information?
Soccernet.ng‘s Imhons Erons took a better have a look at the international coaches who might find yourself dealing with the Tremendous Eagles.
Danny Buijs
Danny Buijs is the present head coach of Eredivisie membership Fortuna Sittard.
At 41, he’s the youngest European coach and essentially the most stunning identify on the NFF shortlist.
A flexible full-back who additionally operated as a defensive midfielder throughout his taking part in days, Bujis featured for Feyenoord, Groningen, and Sparta Rotterdam, amongst others within the Netherlands, in addition to Scottish aspect Kilmarnock.
The Dordrecht-born star gained the KNVB Cup in 2008 with Feyenoord and the Scottish League Cup with Kilmarnock in 2012.
He ended his profession at beginner league aspect Kozakken Boys, and the membership gave him his first likelihood in teaching in 2016.
He left two years later to take cost of his former membership, FC Groningen, the place he has loved his longest spell, successful 50 video games and dropping one other 60 in 138 matches.
On the primary day in June 2022, Buijs was employed by Belgian membership Mechelen, however he was solely there for a couple of months earlier than being dismissed in October.
Fortuna Sittard got here to his rescue final summer season and appointed him supervisor forward of the 2023/24 season.
With 4 video games left to play this time period, Fortuna Sittard are eleventh on the 18-team Eredivisie desk after successful 9 and dropping 13 of 30 matches.
The membership wants just one level to be free from any relegation worries.
Whether or not the membership stays within the Dutch high flight or not, Buijs will leap on the likelihood to teach three-time African champions Nigeria.
Domènec Torrent
Born in Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain, Domènec Torrent grew up desirous to hit it huge in soccer as a midfielder.
Nonetheless, after failing to carve a profitable taking part in profession, Torrent went into teaching and dealt with various small golf equipment within the 90s and early 2000s.
His huge break finally arrived in 2005 when he was named the supervisor of Girona.
Barcelona discovered alignment in Torrent’s possession-based soccer philosophy and appointed him as assistant coach of their B crew.
When Pep Guardiola was made supervisor of Barcelona’s first crew, he requested Torrent to be his assistant, a request the older man obliged.
After the 2 loved unbelievable success at Barca, they moved to Bayern Munich and recorded comparable feats.
Guardiola and Torrent went to Manchester Metropolis collectively in 2016.
In 2018, after incomes recognition as Guardiola’s longest-serving assistant, Torrent left Manchester Metropolis to go and head the teaching crew at New York Metropolis.
Brazil’s Flamengo, the reigning champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, snapped him up in 2020.
He lasted barely three months in cost, although, as his document of 15 wins, 5 losses, and 6 attracts was not ok for Flamengo.
After over a 12 months with no membership, Torrent grew to become Galatasaray’s supervisor in January 2022. The 61-year-old was sacked by June after a run of poor outcomes.
Toni Conceição
António Conceição da Silva Oliveira is a retired full-back who performed all his membership soccer in Portugal, carrying the colors of Braga, Vizela, Porto, and so forth.
He made just one worldwide look for Portugal earlier than calling time on his profession in 1991.
After quitting taking part in, Conceição turned to teaching and managing golf equipment in Portugal, Romania, Cyprus, and Saudi Arabia with various levels of success.
Regardless of spending over 12 years dealing with golf equipment in his homeland, Conceição’s greatest outing in Portugal is main Trofense and Moreirense to win the second-division title.
Nonetheless, Conceição’s CV has been boosted by his spell in Romania, the place he led CFR Cluj to 2 league titles and 4 cup honours.
Conceição landed a job in Africa for the primary time in 2019 when Cameroon named him the nationwide crew coach following the exit of Clarence Seedorf.
He led the Indomitable Lions to the semifinals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which Cameroon hosted earlier than his crew was stopped by Egypt.
Cameroon gained the third-placed match towards Burkina Faso to say the bronze medal. Nonetheless, Conceição was sacked after the event.
The 62-year-old has been with no job since.
NB: If the NFF snubs Emmanuel Amunike, which of Buijs, Torrent, or Conceição would you quite have answerable for the Tremendous Eagles? Go away your feedback under.