Izuchukwu Okosi
Super Eagles’ interim head coach Austin Eguavoen might get the senior national team job on a permanent basis should he guide the team to win the 2021 AFCON, according to NFF president Amaju Pinnick.
Eguavoen has been appointed in temporary charge of the Eagles following the dismissal of Gernot Rohr and pending the appointment of a new foreign coach.
“We know that Eguavoen can do the job expertly, but we also know that he will be more useful controlling the technical department,” Pinnick said.
“However, if we cannot get the (new) coaches to start work immediately, we will empower them (coaching crew headed by Eguavoen) to take the team to Cameroon.
“And if Eguavoen won the Nations Cup, we might have a rethink. In that case, the foreign coach will now become the technical director, while Eguavoen takes the position of technical adviser.”
The Super Eagles training camp for the AFCON is due to open in Abuja on Wednesday December 29, with the Eagles expected to fly to Cameroon on January 5.
Napoli of Italy’s Victor Osimhen will most likely join his teammates on January 7, a day after the huge Serie A clash against Juventus.
The England based stars would travel with the team two days after their expected arrivals.
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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