Now that NFF president Amaju Melvin Pinnick has made up his mind on hiring foreign
manager. Let take look at 19 foreign managers that has manage Super Eagles in the
past.
1. John Finch (England) 1949: He led Nigeria to its first int'l game against Sierra Leone
on oct 8, 1949 when both countries were under British administration. Nigeria won 2-0,
and he hand-over to Dan Ayiam, who became first indigenous coach
2. Les Courtier(England) 1956-1960
The biggest win Nigeria ever recorded came under his supervision, when Red Devil beat
Dahomey( Benin R) 10-1, on Nov 28, 1959
3. Moshe Jerry Beit Hat Levi(Israel) 1960-1961
Jerry took over Nigeria national team and Nigeria got beaten 3-0 by Ghana in his first
game, in Lagos
4. George Vardar(Hungary) 1961-1963
Under his guidance Nigeria suffered trremendous defeats in the hands of Ghana and
Sudan. He left the post for Dan Ayiam who has his second instint.
5. Jorge Penna (Brazil) 1963, 1972-1973
His first coming was in 1963, before he came in 1972-1973
6. Joseph Ember(Hungary)1965-1968
Under him Nigeria failed to qualify for afcon in Tunisia in 1965 and Ethiopia in 1968. His
assistant peter Amaechina took over from him
7. Karl Heinz Marotzke( Germany) 1973-1974
His first major assignment with the team was in 1973 and barely 9 months after he
applied for the job on April 21 1970, he was redeployed to conduct coach course in the
state of the federation, while Penna returned to the team
8. Othman Calder(Germany) 1974
Following the sacking of NFA board led by Edwin Kentebe, the disbandment of the
team and his technical crew, the new administration hired Calder to led the team to
next nations cup. His first assignment was to screen 90 players discovered at the
National Sports Festival in august but he suddenly abandoned the team in the following
year and waked away due to failure of his employer to pay his wages of N1,700.
9. Jelisavic Tiki Thomir(Yugoslavia) 1974-1978
Popularly called father Tiko narrowly qualifying the team for w/cup in Argentina in 1978,
after Godwin Odiye scored an own goal against Tunisia to sent Nigeria packing
10. Otto Gloria(Brazil) 1978-1982
He led Nigeria to its first Afcon victory in 1980 by beating Algeria 3-0 in final. He left in
1982 after a poor performance in afcon 1982
11. Gottlieb Goller(Germany) 1981
He was first handled Julius Berger 1979-1981 and was later hired to coach National
team
after 2-0 loss to Algeria
in Lagos in the first leg of qualifier of 1982 w/cup and Nigeria later lost the second leg
in Constantine in Algeria. Gloria has been sideline before the second leg. Goller later
left country to coach Mozambique
12. Manfred Hoener (Germany) 1988-1989
He led Nigeria to second place at afcon in Maroc'88, he was regarded as physical
trainer than tactician
13. Clemen Westernoff(Holland)1989-1990
Till today, he still regarded as the most successful coach in Nigeria history, though he
failed to qualfy for Italian'90 w/cup but finnished as runner at the Algiers '90 afcon. He
won afcon for Nigeria in 1994 and qualified Nigeria for her first w/cup in USA 1994
14. Johannes Bonfrere(Holland) 1995-1996
He came to assist westernoff but later got his chance to handle the team, after he led
the U23 gold at the Olympic. He left the country unceremoniously to handle qatar but
came back in 1999 after Thigs Libregt was fired and led Nigeria to Silver at afcon
which was co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana in year 2000
15. Philiipe Troussier(France) 1997
He came to Nigeria in 1997 and qualified Nigeria for w/cup that same year with a game
to spare but was fired in a contoversial manner
16. Bora Milutinovic(Serbia) 1998
He came to Nigeria after taking three other national team to the Mundial. He bare
make any changes to the team he inherited from Trousier but he never go beyond
second round of the w/cup
17. Thijs Libregts(Holland) 1998-1999
He has managed nine other national team including Dutch national team before coming
to Nigeria. He took over from Bora in august and was fired after he won two out of
fiive afcon qualifiers.
18. Berti Vogts(Germany) 2007-2008
He took over Nigeria 2007 and signed 4 years contract but his contract ended in 13
months after a poor performance in 2008 afcon in Ghana and resigned
19. Lar Lagerback( Sweden) 2010
After he has an illustrious career with Sweden, he came to Nigeria ahead of w/cup in
2010 but dumped Nigeria and never returned after Nigeria crashed out.
WHO IS NEXT?

The Nigerian team is suffering today due to the mismanagement of our football by the nff. It is not about foreign or local coach, but about proper coordination and effective running of the glasshouse by visionary and disciplined leaders

Nigeria has abounds with talents. From maracana in ajegunle to amino in kano, from ude playground in enugu to the street of delta, guys dey knack nkwa.

I always advocate that Nigerian football should take a 3 years break in order to really put our fallen house in order

Foreign coaches are just here for the payday, they offer nothing better than their African counterparts. If they are so good they should be in the top leagues in Europe, hence they are interested in Africa just for the money. How many European countries have African coaches? Infact, how many European leagues have African coaches? By the time we don't even recognise our own indigenous coaches then how will they improve and become a global force?

We actually need foreign nff

This op just showed the bad parts of the coaches.

Stephen Keshi 2011 - 2015

He was unable to qualify us for the AFCON.

forgiveness:
This op just showed the bad parts of the coaches.

Stephen Keshi 2011 - 2015

He was unable to qualify us for the AFCON.

is steven keshi a foreign coach? Why didn’t u mention that he won AFCON in 2013? Just say u don't like keshi.

Jose Mou

Empredboy:
We actually need foreign nff

tell us what the past foreign coaches had achieved