The Nigeria Football Federation has selected Finidi George, a former Super Eagles winger, as the new head coach of the country’s senior men’s national team.
The announcement came on Monday, with the NFF Board endorsing the Technical and Development Committee’s recommendation to take over the reins to the 52-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Real Betis forward.
Finidi George, who spent 20 months as an assistant to the departing José Santos Peseiro, has been serving as interim coach after the Portuguese tactician’s departure following the Super Eagles’ stunning run to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.
George oversaw two friendly matches in Morocco last month during his interim tenure. The team ended an 18-year winless streak against Ghana with a 2-1 victory before suffering a 0-2 loss to Mali.
“George, a member of the so-styled ‘Golden Generation’ that won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Tunisia and emerged as the second most entertaining team in Nigeria’s debut at the FIFA World Cup finals in USA the same year, won 62 caps for Nigeria, including featuring at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup finals,” the NFF statement read.
