Enyimba appoints George Finidi as New coach

By Dayo Badmus, 

Nigeria’s most successful Football Club, Enyimba FC has appointed former Super Eagles legend, George Finidi as Head Coach.

The former Super Eagles winger will begin his coaching career in the domestic league with one of the continent’s biggest clubs

According to reports, the two-time CAF Champions League winner have appointed Finidi as the team’s Technical Adviser.

Finidi will replace coach Fatai Osho who led the Aba Elephants to a second-place finish in the recently concluded 2020-21 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Finidi was a key member of the Ajax team that won three Eredivisie titles, the 1995 UEFA Champions League, the European Super Cup, and the Intercontinental Cup.

He was capped 62 times by Nigeria’s Super Eagles from 1991 to 2002, winning the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia with the Super Eagles.

The 50-year-old retired from active football in 2004 and has since pursued his dreams of being a coach by acquiring a UEFA B license.

Finidi had severally been linked with the Golden Eaglets coaching role, having previously worked with the youth team of his former club Real Mallorca in Spain.

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