Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze, has criticized the Nigeria Football Federation’s decision to appoint Eric Chelle as the head coach of the Super Eagles. According to Udeze, former interim coach of the Super Eagles Augustine Eguavoen has a better ‘CV’ than Chelle.

The Nigerian Football Federation unveiled Eric Chelle as the new Super Eagles head coach at an event yesterday in AbujaEric Chelle met his predecessor Augustine Eguavoen for the first time, and both embraced before the event kicked offEguavoen has sent a message to Nigerians to support his successor to help Nigeria qualify for the 2026 World CupThe Nigerian Football Federation’s technical director,

Nigeria have appointed former Mali boss Eric Chelle as their new national team coach. The Super Eagles were most recently coached by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director Augustine Eguavoen, who led the team on an interim basis.

The new head coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Chelle, says football is about scoring, and he will introduce an attacking mentality to

Finidi George stepped aside amid a terrible start to their qualification campaign for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Augustine Eguavoen overseeing some more positive results during the ...

I know the expectations of Nigerians and I will settle down and work diligently with my assistants towards the goal of qualifying the Super Eagles for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Nigeria appoint former Mali boss Eric Chelle as the new coach of the Super Eagles, tasking the 47-year-old with earning qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Though the Eagles qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in style they risked missing out on the 2026 World Cup as they are currently fifth on the log with just three points from four games, four points behind joint leaders Rwanda, South Africa and Benin.