Ex-Nigeria international Fesojaye Tajudeen highlights the challenges of Nigerian Football | Abroad

Former Nigerian footballer Fesojaye Tajudeen has highlighted a number of the points confronting Nigerian soccer.

Over the course of his greater than 20-year taking part in profession, Tajudeen represented various golf equipment within the Nigerian leagues, together with Plateau United and Calabar Rovers. He represented Nigeria internationally and was part of the Flying Eagles on the 1993 African Youth Championship in Mauritius.

In an interview with Sports247.ng, Tajudeen mentioned a number of the challenges that Nigerian soccer faces, each regionally and internationally.

“We’re missing in lots of areas,” he stated. “I should be honest with you. For example, have a look at my boys and at their age, they nonetheless have extra to be taught. In Africa right here we don’t take note of strategies. And method is the embodiment of all techniques.

“Once you go into our league, you hardly see individuals clapping. Many individuals can’t even use their cash to look at our league video games.”

He continued: “We have to return to the fundamentals. First of the fundamentals is the precise age of nearly all of our gamers. Secondly, our coaches shouldn’t be pressured too quickly. They’ll give a cock a nationwide workforce job now they usually need him to win a contest subsequent 12 months. How might that be possible? We have to change that perspective after which we’ll have a long-term program.”

Tajudeen serves as the pinnacle coach of MKA Sport FC. Quizzed on what made him flip into teaching, he stated: “I’ll say it’s inbuilt as a result of proper from my secondary college days I’ve been educating. So the act of educating has been in me.

“That’s what evokes me to enter teaching after my taking part in profession and I like doing it. I’m conscious of the challenges of teaching and I’m ready for no matter will come my means. I take it as a ardour.”

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