Izuchukwu Okosi
The interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austin Eguavoen on Sunday night announced that he has stepped down from his position in the aftermath of the 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in the round of 16 stage.
The Nigeria Football Federation appointed the former Eagles right back to be in charge of the team to the Nations Cup after Gernot Rohr was sacked in December 2021 and appointed Jose Peseiro with the recommendations of AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho.
Eguavoen made the disclosure shortly after the game in the post match press conference, confirming that he will be returning to his role as Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as agreed before he took over the job as interim coach.
“What happens next is that I am the interim coach and Technical Director of the NFF, I will go back to my position and allow the Federation make a decision on the way forward,” Eguavoen who led the team to a third place finish at the AFCON in 2006 told the media.
The 1994 winner of the tournament as player for Nigeria will be the undisputed preferred coach of the national team for most Nigerian football faithful.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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