Nigeria Football Federation has on Wednesday, December 29 named Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles.
The 61-year-old Portuguese was given the role after an NFF executive committee was held via video conference.
In a release by the NFF, Peseiro will be an observer at the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament that kicks off on January 9 in Cameroon, with Augustine Eguavoen as the acting interim manager.
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It stated;
After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed a proposal for the appointment of Mr Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, following the end to the relationship with Mr Gernot Rohr.
However, the Committee resolved that Mr. Augustine Eguavoen named the interim Head Coach, will lead the Super Eagles to the AFCON 2021 in Cameroon with Mr. Peseiro only playing the role of Observer.
It was unanimously agreed that the AFCON is a good avenue for Mr. Peseiro to launch a working relationship with Mr. Eguavoen, who will revert to his role as Technical Director (hence Mr. Peseiro’s immediate boss) after the AFCON.
Eguavoen will return to his role as NFF Technical Director after the AFCON.
It is believed the NFF have hired Peseiro, based on recommendation from fellow Portuguese, Jose Mourinho.
NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, already admitted they consulted Mourinho while scouting for Rohr’s replacement.
Peseiro has had a 29-year coaching career, which started at Uniao Santarem in Portugal.
He has also coached before in Africa at Al Ahly in 2015, and has coached the national sides of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
