by Austin Ditlhobolo
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025. 11:00
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new head coach of the Super Eagles.
The French-Malian & Ivorian tactician replaces Finidi George who resigned in June 2024 and his former Super Eagles teammate Augustine Eguavoen took charge as an interim coach.
The NFF has now issued the following statement announcing Chelle’s appointment with the 47-year-old having guided Mali to the quarters-finals at the 2023 AFCON finals.
“The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Mr. Éric Sékou Chelle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men national football team, Super Eagles,” a club statement read.
“At its meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, 2nd January 2025, the NFF Technical and Development Sub-Committee had recommended the appointment of former Coach of the senior men national team of Mali as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. This recommendation was on Tuesday, 7th January endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee.”
Chelle’s appointment is with immediate effect, and he has the responsibility of guiding the Super Eagles to earn a ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals, with the next round of matches (Matchdays 5 & 6) taking place in March.
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