The executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the recommendation of its technical and development sub-committee for the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the head coach of the Super Eagles B (otherwise known as CHAN team) as well as the U23 (Olympics) team.
Yusuf, who was head coach of the Super Eagles B when the team emerged runner-up of the African Nations Championship in Morocco in 2018, will work with Kennedy Boboye (assistant coach); Fatai Osho (assistant coach); Abubakar Mohammed (assistant coach); Fidelis Ikechukwu (assistant coach); Eboboritse Uwejamomere (match analyst) and Ike Shorounmu (goalkeepers’ trainer) and Suleiman Shuaibu (goalkeepers’ trainer 2).
NFF spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, stated this in a release on Thursday.
Yusuf was previously banned for collecting bribes as an assistant coach of the Super Eagles after he was caught on camera in August 2018 accepting cash from men who posed as football agents to select two players for his Morocco 2018 African Nations Championship squad.
He was subsequently banned for one year and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 by the federation following the NFF Ethics and Fair Play Committee ruling that the coach received $1,000 from the men.
The NFF reinstated the coach in 2019 after serving his punishment and later approved his return as assistant coach of the Super Eagles and head coach of the Super Eagles B team, with effect from November 1, 2021.
In other appointments, Ladan Bosso retains his position as head coach of the U20 Boys. He will work with former U17 head coach, Fatai Amao (assistant coach); Oladuni Oyekale (assistant coach); Jolomi Alli (assistant coach) and; Baruwa Abideen (goalkeepers’ trainer)
For the U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets, Nduka Ugbade was named head coach. He will work with Ahmad Dankoli (assistant coach); Omoniyi Ilerika (assistant coach); Yemi Daniel (assistant coach) and; Mohammed Isah (goalkeepers’ trainer). Ugbade captained Nigeria’s first cadet team that won the FIFA U16 World Cup in China in 1985.
For the U13/15 Boys known as Future Eagles, Patrick Bassey will be head coach and will work with Abdullahi Umar (assistant coach); Mohammed Kachalla (assistant coach); Ifeanyi Uba (assistant coach); Mohammed Kwairanga (assistant coach) and Abubakar Abdullahi (goalkeepers’ trainer).
The statement further read that a “new Head Coach for the Super Eagles will be announced and officially unveiled once the processes for his engagement and contract-signing are concluded.
“The NFF Executive Committee has also approved the recommendation of the Technical & Development Sub-Committee for the new Head Coach to work with Coach Salisu Yusuf (whenever he is available from Super Eagles B/U23 Team duties) as 1st Assistant. Former Nigeria international Finidi George will be 2nd Assistant, with Usman Abdallah as 3rd Assistant. Eboboritse Uwejamomere will be the Match Analyst and another former Nigeria international, Ike Shorounmu will be the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.”
