 Augustine Eguavoen as the Nigeria National Team Manager | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Augustine Owen Eguavoen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1965-08-19)19 August 1965 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sapele,Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wingback | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nigeria (Technical Director) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | ACB Lagos | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Gent | 77 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Kortrijk | 95 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Ourense | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Kortrijk | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Sacramento Scorpions | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Torpedo Moscow | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sliema Wanderers | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1998 | Nigeria[1] | 49 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Sliema Wanderers (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Bendel Insurance | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Nigeria U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Black Leopards | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Enyimba International | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Nigeria (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Nigeria U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sharks | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | COD United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Bendel Insurance | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Gombe United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sunshine Stars | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Zakynthos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Stade Malien | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Nigeria (Technical Director) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Nigeria (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerianfootball manager and former player who served as manager of theNigeria national team three times.[2]
During his varied career Eguavoen began his career as adefender withACB Lagos in his nativeNigeria, some impressive performances gained him a move toGent in 1986. He went on to play forK.V. Kortrijk,CD Ourense,Sacramento Scorpions,Torpedo Moscow and finished his career inMalta withSliema Wanderers.
Eguavoen was a member of theNigeria national team squad that qualified for the country's first everWorld Cup in 1994, and won theAfrican Nations Cup in the same year.
Eguavoen began his coaching career inMalta withSliema Wanderers, he was given the job asplayer-coach for the1999–2000 season, but lasted in that role for only few months. He kept playing for Sliema in the2000–01 season.
Eguavoen was appointed the caretaker coach of theNigeria national team in June 2005 with his coaching staff includingSamson Siasia,Daniel Amokachi andIke Shorunmu. He managed theNigeria national team at the2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where the team won a bronze medal, beating Senegal in the third-place play-off.[3] He was sacked in April 2006.[4]
Eguavoen then moved to South Africa, to take overPremier Soccer League sideBlack Leopards in March 2008.
In the 2008–09 season, Eguavoen was head coach atEnyimba International in Aba, however he left soon after, leading them to a 3rd-place finish in league and winning theFederation Cup.
In June 2010, the Nigeria Football Federation asked Eguavoen to replace SwedishLars Lagerbäck until he decide his future plans. He was brought in as caretaker manager but said that he has no intention of submitting an application to take the role on a permanent basis. Eguavoen was also appointed as the head coach of theNigeria national under-23 football team in August 2010. He expected his team would have a qualification for the 2012 London Olympic Games, but they were knocked out in the group stage. On 5 December 2011, he resigned from his job following the failure to secure the Olympics ticket.
On 27 October 2012, he was named manager ofSharks F.C. to allowJohn Obuh to concentrate on the Nigeria Under-20 team. He resigned however after seven games when the team started at the bottom of the table. He signed in April 2013 to coachNigeria National League side COD United.
In November 2013, he was hired by the Edo State government to coach Bendel Insurance with the intent of getting them back to the Premier League.[5] He resigned in July 2014 to take overGombe United F.C.[6]
In April 2017, he joinedSunshine Stars.[7] but was let go in June after a home loss to league leadersPlateau United.[8]
In October 2020, the Nigerian Football Federation, appointed Eguavoen as the Technical Director of the Federation.[9]
On 12 December 2021, Eguavoen was appointed manager of Nigeria on an interim basis for the2021 Africa Cup of Nations, following the departure ofGernot Rohr.[10] After Nigeria exited from the round of sixteen with an agonising defeat toTunisia, he returned to his position as the Technical Director of the side.
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