Julius OkorieThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) finally unveiled Eric Chelle as the 37th substantive coach of the Super Eagles on Monday at the media conference room of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.
Recall that Chelle’s appointment follows a recommendation from the NFF’s Technical and Development Committee. The 47-year-old former Mali international is the third coach to lead the Super Eagles since the departure of Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro.
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Among NFF big wigs on ground to unveil the new coach include Chairman of re-awakened National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Gusau, NFF Head of Technical Department and former Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen, just back from Belgium where he successfully underwent surgery, and other Glass House officials.
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Chelle was handed the No.12 Jersey to mark his unveiling at the occasion.
According to the NFF, the 47-year-old and his assistants will lead the Super Eagles B team at next month’s African Nations Championship in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, before focusing on the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, which begins with matches against Rwanda (away) and Zimbabwe (home) in March.
See All Past Super Eagles Coaches From 1949 Till Date:
1. John Finch (England) – 1949
2. Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria) – 1954-1956; 1964-1965
3. Les Courtier (England) – 1956-1960
4. Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel) – 1960-1961
5. George Vardar (Hungary) – 1961-1963
6. Joey Blackwell (England) – 1963–1964
7. József Ember (Hungary) – 1965-1968
8. Sabino Barinaga (Spain) – 1968-1969
9. Peter ‘Eto’ Amaechina (Nigeria) – 1969-1970
10. Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) – 1970-1971; 1974
11. Jorge Penna (Brazil) – 1972-1973
12. Jelisavčić ‘Father Tiko’ Tihomir (Yugoslavia) – 1974-1978
13. Otto Glória (Brazil) – 1979-1982
14. Gottlieb Göller (Germany) – 1981
15. Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) – 1983-1984; 2002
16. Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) – 1984-1986
17. Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) – 1985
18. Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) – 1987; 1989
19. Manfred Höner (Germany) – 1988-1989
20. Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands) – 1989-1994
21. Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria) – 1994-1995; 1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010
22. Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands) – 1995-1996; 1999-2001
23. Philippe Troussier (France) – 1997
24. Monday Sinclair (Nigeria) – 1997-1998
25. Bora Milutinović (Yugoslavia) – 1998
26. Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) – 1999
27. Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) – 2002-2005
28. Augustine Eguavoen (Nigeria) – 2005-2007; 2010; 2022
29. Berti Vogts (Germany) – 2007-2008
30. Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) – 2010
31. Samson Siasia (Nigeria) – 2010-2011; 2016
32. Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) – 2011-2014; 2015
33. Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) – 2015-2016
34. Gernot Rohr (Germany) – 2016-2021
35. José Peseiro (Portugal) – 2022-2024
36. Finidi George (Nigeria) – 2024
37. Éric Sékou Chelle (Mali -2025
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
