Garba Manu has been named as the new head coach of the Nigerian Under17 men’s national team by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday.
The football federation announced the former assistant coach of the Under17 team known as the Golden Eaglets as its new trainer following interviews conducted for six candidates. Former Nigeria internationals, Emmanuel Amuneke and Nduka Ugbade are to assist Garba while Emeka Amadi, an ex-Under20 goalkeeper, will take up the job of goalkeeping coach.
Garba was picked ahead of five others – Amuneke, Ugbade, Oladunni Oyekale, Erasmus Onuh and Fancy Ewulu – to lead the coaching crew of the Golden Eaglets. The new coach assisted late trainer Yemi Tella in 2007 when the Golden Eaglets won the Fifa Under17 World Cup in South Korea.
The new coach succeeds John Obuh, who was elevated to the Under20s after he led the side to second place finish at the Under17 World Cup in 2009 on home soil.
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