Jose Peseiro extends Nigeria contract as Super Eagles coach until Afcon 2023

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Portuguese coach, Jose Peseiro and the football ruling body in the country, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have agreed an extension for the manager to continue his reign in charge of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team.

NFF confirmed the contract extension in a press statement by its Communications Department on Sunday.

“As stipulated in the original contract, drawn in May 2022, the Portuguese has been handed the mandate to lead the Super Eagles to, at the minimum, the semi-finals of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals taking place in Cote d’Ivoire in a few months,” the NFF statement confirmed.

Peseiro has been in charge of the team for the past ten games including five in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. He steered the Super Eagles through the qualifiers and to a ticket with a match to spare, including a 10-0 record international win against Sao Tome and Principe in Agadir, Morocco in June 2022.

With a game to spare on the Qualifiers, the Super Eagles already sealed a place in the AFCON taking place in Ivory Coast next year and top Group A with 12 points, two points better than Guinea Bissau and seven points ahead of Sierra Leone.

After receiving three-day ultimatum for a pay cut, he has now agreed to continue in the role after accepting a pay cut on his earlier terms, with the new agreement also putting him in charge of the Super Eagles B – the home-based professionals who contest the biennial African Nations Championship.