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Augustine Eguavoen will continue as Super Eagles head coach – NFF confirms

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12 months ago

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Augustine Eguavoen will continue as Super Eagles head coach – NFF confirms

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Department and former International, Augustine Eguavoen will continue his role as head coach of Nigeria senior men’s national team.

The NFF Executive Committee approved the recommendation of the Federation Technical and Development Sub-Committee for Eguavoen to remain in charge of the Super Eagles.

Eguavoen worked with assistants, Fidelis Ilechukwu, Daniel Ogunmodede, Olatunji Baruwa, and Tomaz Zorec during the team’s last two games.

The three-time African Champions defeated Benin Republic 3-0 and played out a 0-0 draw with Rwanda in their first two games of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers under the tutelage of Eguavoen.

Eguavoen and his assistants will also take charge of the home-based team ahead of next month’s Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) Qualifiers.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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