Augustine Eguavoen

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Augustine Eguavoen
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Augustine Eguavoen as the Nigeria National Team Manager
Personal information
Full name Augustine Owen Eguavoen
Date of birth (1965-08-19) 19 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Sapele, Nigeria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Right wingback
Team information
Current team
 Nigeria (Technical Director)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 ACB Lagos
1986–1990 Gent 77 (10)
1990–1994 Kortrijk 95 (7)
1994–1995 Ourense 10 (0)
1995–1996 Kortrijk 27 (1)
1996 Sacramento Scorpions
1997–1998 Torpedo Moscow 25 (1)
1999–2001 Sliema Wanderers 5 (0)
International career
1987–1998 Nigeria [1] 49 (1)
Managerial career
1999 Sliema Wanderers (player-coach)
2002 Bendel Insurance
2002–2003 Nigeria U20
2005–2007 Nigeria
2008 Black Leopards
2008–2009 Enyimba International
2010 Nigeria (caretaker)
2010–2011 Nigeria U23
2012–2013 Sharks
2013 COD United
2014 Bendel Insurance
2014–2016 Gombe United
2017 Sunshine Stars
2018 Zakynthos
2020–2021 Stade Malien
2020– Nigeria (Technical Director)
2021–2022 Nigeria (interim)
2024– Nigeria
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who thrice served as manager of the Nigeria national team. [2]

Contents

Playing career

Club

During his varied career Eguavoen began his career as a defender with ACB Lagos in his native Nigeria, some impressive performances gained him a move to Gent in 1986. He went on to play for K.V. Kortrijk, CD Ourense, Sacramento Scorpions, Torpedo Moscow and finished his career in Malta with Sliema Wanderers.

International

Eguavoen was a member of the Nigeria national team squad that qualified for the country's first ever World Cup in 1994, and won the African Nations Cup in the same year.

Coaching career

Sliema Wanderers

Eguavoen began his coaching career in Malta with Sliema Wanderers, he was given the job as player-coach for the 1999–2000 season, but lasted in that role for only few months. He kept playing for Sliema in the 2000–01 season.

Nigeria

Eguavoen was appointed the caretaker coach of the Nigeria national team in June 2005 with his coaching staff including Samson Siasia, Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu. He managed the Nigeria national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where the team won a bronze medal, beating Senegal in the third-place play-off. [3] He was sacked in April 2006. [4]

Black Leopards

Eguavoen then moved to South Africa, to take over Premier Soccer League side Black Leopards in March 2008.

Enyimba International

In the 2008–09 season, Eguavoen was head coach at Enyimba International in Aba, however he left soon after, leading them to a 3rd-place finish in league and winning the Federation Cup.

Return to Nigeria

In June 2010, the Nigeria Football Federation asked Eguavoen to replace Swedish Lars Lagerbäck until he decide his future plans. He was brought in as caretaker manager but said that he has no intention of submitting an application to take the role on a permanent basis. Eguavoen was also appointed as the head coach of the Nigeria national under-23 football team in August 2010. He expected his team would have a qualification for the 2012 London Olympic Games, but they were knocked out in the group stage. On 5 December 2011, he resigned from his job following the failure to secure the Olympics ticket.

On 27 October 2012, he was named manager of Sharks F.C. to allow John Obuh to concentrate on the Nigeria Under-20 team. He resigned however after seven games when the team started at the bottom of the table. He signed in April 2013 to coach Nigeria National League side COD United.

In November 2013, he was hired by the Edo State government to coach Bendel Insurance with the intent of getting them back to the Premier League. [5] He resigned in July 2014 to take over Gombe United F.C. [6]

In April 2017, he joined Sunshine Stars. [7] but was let go in June after a home loss to league leaders Plateau United. [8]

In October 2020, the Nigerian Football Federation, appointed Eguavoen as the Technical Director of the Federation. [9]

On 12 December 2021, Eguavoen was appointed manager of Nigeria on an interim basis for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, following the departure of Gernot Rohr. [10] After Nigeria exited from the round of sixteen with an agonising defeat to Tunisia, he returned to his position as the Technical Director of the side.

Honours

As a Player

Nigeria

As a Coach

Nigeria

Enyimba International

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References

  1. ↑ Augustine Owen Eguavoen - International Appearances
  2. ↑ "Augustine Eguavoen named Nigeria coach again as Rohr departs very otu coach". BBC. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria Take Third". Eurosport. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nigeria Sack Eguaveon". Eurosport. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Eguavoen named Insurance Administrator (The Punch) Archived 30 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Eguavoen Nears Gombe Deal Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Ex-Super Eagles coaches, Unveiled at Sunshine Stars". aoifootball.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Eguavoen parts ways Sunshine Stars
  9. ↑ "NFF appoints Eguavoen as technical director". TheCable. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Augustine Eguavoen named Nigeria coach again as Rohr departs". BBC. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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