April 13, 2024
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of Manu Garba as the new Head Coach of the Nigeria Under-17 male national team, also known as Golden Eaglets, Soccernet. ng reports.
In the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations youth tournament, Nigeria’s U-17 boys under the guidance of Nduka Ugbade could not impress, dashing their 2024 FIFA U-17 World Cup dreams.
As a result, Ugbade stepped down from his role as the head coach, which made the U-17 coaching role vacant.
However, the former U17 World Cup winner, who previously led the Golden Eaglets to victory in the FIFA U17 World Cup in 2013, to earn Nigeria their fourth trophy returned as the coach of the U-17 team.
It can be recalled that his successful squad in 2013 included notable players such as Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Isaac Success, Musa Mohammed, Chidiebere Nwakali, Dele Alampasu and a host of others.
