Former captain Oliseh appointed coach

 Former national team captain
Sunday Oliseh has been appointed coach of Nigeria, the country’s football federation said on Wednesday.
Oliseh takes over from sacked Stephen


 Keshi and is set to be unveiled in Abuja after impressing Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) bosses with his plans for the team.
“On Tuesday evening, Oliseh and his assistants had a robust 90–minute meeting with the NFF Technical and Development Committee, headed
by Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu, where he unfolded his plans for the Super Eagles,” the NFF said in a statement.
“After the meeting, a meeting of the NFF
Executive Committee received the report of the
Technical and Development Committee, and
unanimously adopted the recommendation to
hire Oliseh as the new Super Eagles’ Head
Coach.”
The 40-year-old's first assignment will be in
the away African Nations Cup qualifier in
Tanzania in September.
Nigeria won their opening match of the pool
phase 2-0 at home to Chad, but Keshi was
sacked soon after by the NFF for “lacking
commitment” after it was alleged he applied for
the vacant Ivory Coast head coach role,
something he denied.
Oliseh, a former defensive midfielder who
played at Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and briefly
Juventus, featured for the national team
between 1993 and 2002.
He won the Nations Cup as a player in 1994 and
Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996.
He had fiery reputation as a player, missing the
2002 World Cup for disciplinary reasons and was
later sacked by Dortmund for allegedly punching
a team-mate Vahid Hashemian during a loan
spell at VfL Bochum.
His coaching career to date has been limited to
the lower leagues in Belgium, though he does
hold a UEFA Pro Licence.