Ladan Bosso and Fatai Amoo for U21 and U17?

[olu]

Good question, since former international, Haruna Ilerika is deceased.

Fatai Amoo replaces Manu Garba as Golden Eaglets coach
Score Nigeria Editor by Score Nigeria Editor September 23, 2020 5:24 am
SCORENigeria has learnt that former Nigeria U23 assistant coach Fatai Amoo is now the man designated to head the country’s U17 team, the Golden Eaglets, in place of Manu Garba.

His appointment after many months of speculations that linked several names like Finidi George to the post is expected to be announced this week.

The former Super Eagles midfielder has handled some of the country’s top clubs including Shooting Stars, Sunshine Stars and Julius Berger (now defunct).

He is reputed to have blooded several schoolboy stars into the NPFL like Gbolahan Salami.



His first assistant coach will be Ahmadu Lawal of the famous Abuja Football College that started out Sadiq Umar (Partizan Belgrade), Emmanuel Dennis and David Okereke (Club Brugge), while Nnamdi Onuigbo of IB Sporting Dreams Abuja will be second assistant coach.

Onuigbo was fitness trainer with the U23s who won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The Golden Eaglets are due to feature in the zonal U17 AFCON in Benin Republic next month.

Haruna Ilerika will head the national U15s after previously working with the team as an assistant.
https://scorenigeria.com.ng/fatai-amoo- ... ets-coach/

Which Haruna Ilerika is this?

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Mystic,

I feel the same way. It makes me feel like the real basis for the selections is based on two things:

(1) Select the Chief coaches based on ethnic distribution and some other consideration
(2) Assist them with coaches who know how to get young talents quick and may have some developmental abilities.

Given the above, there does not seem to be a focus on coaching achievement at the head coach level or strong team building there. This is just my view.

In my view, some of the assistants are very good record raising grass roots teams, based on media reports. Introducing them to national team football can be quite a good idea because they already have connections to the local academies and grass roots football, where some of these players will come from.

Does anyone have any info on any of the assistants appointed? I notice that there are a lot of northerners in the technical crew. I have no problem with it as long as they are qualified. Hope it's not federal character rearing its ugly head again.

Full list:

U20 BOYS: Isah Ladan Bosso (Head Coach); Oladuni Oyekale (Assistant Coach); Jolomi Atune Alli (Assistant Coach); Samaila Marwa Keshi (Assistant Coach/Scout); Suleiman Shuaibu Akanmu (Goalkeeper Coach)


U17 BOYS: Fatai Amoo (Head Coach); Ahmed Lawal Dankoli (Assistant Coach); Nnamdi Onuigbo (Assistant Coach); Hassan Abdallah (Assistant Coach/Scout); Danlami Kwasau (Goalkeeper Coach)


U20 GIRLS: Christopher Danjuma (Head Coach); Moses Aduku (Assistant Coach); Bilkisu Tijani (Assistant Coach); Charity Nwere Nnedinma (Assistant Coach/Scout); Audu Yahaya (Goalkeeper Coach)


U17 GIRLS: Bankole Olowookere (Head Coach); Queen Okpa (Assistant Coach); Adanna Nwaneri (Assistant Coach); Moroof Nojimu (Assistant Coach/Scout); Mohammed Abubakar Ndanusa (Goalkeeper Coach)


U15 BOYS: Omoniyi Haruna Ilerika Usman (Head Coach); Bassey Patrick (Assistant Coach); Olubunmi Haruna (Assistant Coach); Mohammed Kalli Kachalla (Assistant Coach/Scout); Baruwa Olatunji (Goalkeeper Coach)


U13 BOYS: Abdullahi Tyabo Umar (Head Coach); Salisu Ibrahim (Assistant Coach); Bamai Bukar (Assistant Coach); Mohammed Kwairanga (Assistant Coach); Ifeanyi Uba (Assistant Coach/Scout); Abubakar Abdullahi (Goalkeeper Coach)


https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/bosso-n ... rn88puja4t

Enugu II,

I was about to say the same thing. A good number of the assistants are well connected to the grassroots level as you said. That should be a positive. But overall these appointments leave a lot to be desired.

I get the sense that the head coaching decisions are more politically based hires as well. I have some regard for Fatai Amoo but he's been out of circulation for awhile. And I'm not sure what Ladan Bosso has to offer as it has been proven over time that there is nothing special about his teams. The worst decision however has to be the decision to bring back Coach Danjuma with the Falconets despite all his underachieving teams. Our female teams have really suffered under this present NFF leadership.