‘Let the man from within take the mantle’ After Peseiro’s exit, Augustine Eguavoen returns as Super Eagles Head Coach
Super Eagles technical director, Augustine Owen Eguavoen, has been installed as the Gaffer of the Nigerian Football team after Jose Peseiro’s exit, Nigerianewsabroad reports.
Peseiro, 63, was appointed as the coach of the Super Eagles after Nigeria’s exit from the AFCON 2021 tournament in Cameroon, taking office in May 2022.
The Portuguese led the Nigeria national team to the AFCON 2023 tournament in Ivory Coast, but luck wasn’t on his team’s in the final, owing to Sebastien Haller’s injury time goal against the disintegrated Super Eagles.
The contract of the former Porto manager ended in February and he vacated his role on the sidelines for the Super Eagles, leaving the team despite taking a pay cut.
Nigerianewsabroad understands that the team’s technical director, Augustine Eguavoen, will take charge of the Three-time AFCON winners on an interim basis, till a permanent solution is sorted out.
The former Super Eagles right wing-back was in charge of the Nigerian team at the AFCON 2021 tournament in Cameroon, following the exit of the former coach, Gernot Rohr.
The 58-year-old remained in charge of the team after Nigeria were knocked out of the AFCON tournament in Cameroon at the round of sixteen stage by Tunisia.
Eguavoen was the team’s technical director when they took a silver medal at the AFCON 2023 tournament in Ivory Coast.
Olaitan Ibrahim