Peseiro will lead the Eagles in the United States when the team faces Mexico and Ecuador in international friendly games.
By Uzor Odigbo
Newly-appointed coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro, has been handed a one-year short term contract, as he begins his reign as the head coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National team.
Contrary to speculations, the Portuguese coach was only handed a 12 months deal, which is subject to renewal based on performance-related clauses.
With the NFF facing a legal battle on payments for erstwhile coach of the team, Gernot Rohr, the Federation are weary of allowing thunder strike in the same spot.
Peseiro will lead the Eagles in the United States when the team faces Mexico and Ecuador in international friendly games.
He will be assisted by Ex-Eagles winger Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf and Usman Abdallah.
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About Paseiro (culled from his Wiki page).
José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the head coach of the Nigerian Super Eagles
After an unassuming career as a player, Peseiro went on to coach several clubs in his country, including Sporting CP – which he took to the 2005 UEFA Cup Final– and Porto. He also worked extensively in Arab nations, being in charge of the Saudi Arabian national team.
Born in Coruche, Santarém District, Peseiro never played in higher than the Segunda Liga as a professional, starting out at Sport Lisboa e Cartaxo in 1979. In that competition, he represented Amora FC, Clube Oriental de Lisboa, GD Samora Correia and S.C.U. Torreense, for a total of five seasons. The 34-year-old Peseiro retired at the end of the 1993–94 season in the fourth division, with local club União de Santarém.[3]
Peseiro spent his first eight years as a manager in the third and fourth tiers of Portuguese football, starting out as a player-coach at his last team.[3] In summer 1999 he was appointed at C.D. Nacional, which he helped promote to the Primeira Liga in just three seasons.[4] In 2002–03, he led the team to a final 11th position.
In 2003–04, Peseiro assisted Carlos Queiroz at Real Madrid. At the end of the campaign, after the team lost a considerable advantage on the table to be finally surpassed by Valencia CF, FC Barcelona and Deportivo de La Coruña, the pair was sacked,and the latter returned to his assistant position in Manchester United.
