NFF appoints Aliyu Zubairu as Flying Eagles’ head coach
04 September 2024 |
1:17 am
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, appointed El-Kanemi’s Football Club’s coach, Aliyu Zubairu, as head coach of the national U-20 boys’ team, Flying Eagles.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, appointed El-Kanemi’s Football Club’s coach, Aliyu Zubairu, as head coach of the national U-20 boys’ team, Flying Eagles.
According to the NFF, the appointment of Zubairu, who led El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri to win the President Federation Cup at the expense of Abia Warriors FC in Lagos in June, takes immediate effect.
It said that Zubairu’s immediate task is to assemble and prepare a team for the WAFU B U-20 Championship, scheduled for October/November in Togo, where the zone’s representative will emerge for next year’s Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
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