Newly appointed Eboboritse Uwejamomere has publicly shared his pleasure and appreciation after being named head coach of the Nigeria nationwide under-17 soccer staff, Softfootball confirms.
In a message posted on his official X account and later reposted by Nigeria Soccer Federation (The NFF), the coach described the appointment because the fulfilment of a long-held ambition.
Uwejamomere wrote:
It’s a dream come true. Proud to turn into Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 Males’s Nationwide Staff (The Golden Eaglets); five-time world champions. Over 13 years of studying, persistence, laborious work and dedication has led to this second…
His appointment arrives at an thrilling interval for Nigerian soccer. Whereas the senior Nigeria nationwide soccer staff proceed preparations for his or her Unity Cup title defence towards Zimbabwe nationwide soccer staff in London, consideration can be turning towards youth growth.
There has already been optimistic momentum at junior stage, with the Nigeria girls’s nationwide under-17 soccer staff producing an emphatic 5–0 victory over Guinea of their first-leg qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup.
For Uwejamomere, the problem now begins. Taking cost of one in every of Africa’s most embellished youth nationwide groups brings expectation, but additionally a possibility to form the following technology of Nigerian soccer expertise.
