Izuchukwu OkosiThe leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation on Friday confirmed the appointment of Manu Garba as the new head coach of the Golden Eaglets, reports Prime Business Africa.
Manu Garba was the head coach of the cadet side that won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2013.
Some of the players that lifted the tournament for a record fourth time has gone on to represent the country at the senior cadre with the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Isaac Success and Dele Alampasu becoming Super Eagles players several years later.
The Eaglets went further to retain that title two years later in Chile when Emmanuel Amunike led the Eaglets to a fifth triumph and introduce stars like Victor Osimhen Samuel Chukwueze and Kelechi Nwakali to the world.
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) had on Thursday announced that the competition will now hold every year and not bi-annual as has been the situation since the inaugural edition in 1985 when China hosted the tournament then known as the Kodak U-16 World Cup.
Nduka Ugbade was the last coach of the Golden Eaglets but his charges failed to qualify for the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Peru after they faltered at the Africa U-17 Nations Cup in Algeria last year.
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.
