Nigeria Part Ways With Rohr Ahead of AFCON 2021
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has parted ways with former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr with less than a month to the kick-off of the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon next year.
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NFF in a press release by the country’s football governing body’s Communications Department on Sunday evening confirmed the latest development.
Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has been in charge of the three-time African champions for the past 64 months, and is Nigeria’s longest-serving manager of the national team will not take the team to the next AFCON with this announcement.
Former Super Eagles player and coach, Augustine Eguavoen who is the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will take charge of the team in preparation for the biggest football Mundial in Africa.
Nigeria has been drawn in Group D for the next AFCON alongside Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea Bissau for the tournament which will kick off on January 9, 2022.
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Following a virtual meeting of the NFF Executive Committee on Sunday, it was decided that Eguavoen will work with Salisu Yusuf (Chief Coach); Paul Aigbogun (Assistant Coach); Joseph Yobo (Assistant Coach); Dr. Terry Eguaoje (Assistant Coach), and Aloysius Agu (Goalkeeper Trainer). Former Nigeria captains Augustine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, and Garba Lawal have been appointed to provide technical and ambassadorial support for the crew.
Eguavoen, a former Nigeria captain, was coach of the squad when it finished in third place at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in 2006. He was on-field captain when the Super Eagles lifted the Africa Cup for the first time on away ground, in Tunisia 27 years ago.
He will now take charge of the team as it begins preparations for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon 9th January – 6th February 2022, and until the appointment of a substantive Head Coach.
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