Former Nigerian international Finidi George has been appointed the coach
of the U-16 side at his former club Real Mallorca of Spain.
In
an exclusive chat with supersport.com George says "it is an honour for
me to be given this responsibility to train this side and hopefully we
will be able to produce 3-4 players who will make it to the first team".
The man nicknamed the "The Gazelle" during his time with the Super
Eagles is currently a Uefa B licensed coach "next year I shall have be
able to run my 'A' License course which will even be a lot easier for me
to do then as a result of this job with Marjorca." The Champions League
winner with Ajax believes that the time is now right for him to pursue
the coaching agenda.
"I believe I have a good name from my time playing the game, and quite a
number of my ex teammates with Ajax, Majorca and even Real Betis are
currently in coaching jobs. So by working hard here with some good
success I hope to make the leap into a managerial job in the future.
" With all humility he adds "I have no problems whatsoever
starting out as an assistant to a manager so I can learn the ropes
properly". With de Boer at Ajax getting rave reviews for his job and a
few others one has a feeling it will not be too difficult for him as
soon as he qualifies.
George was part of a generation of Super Eagles players that are loved
by majority of Nigerians who also have gathered great experience from
being involved with top European sides.
Only Stephen Keshi has had a good run with any of the national
teams. How about it Finidi? He laughed and said "well, of course I will
like to be involved in coaching Nigeria at some level in the future but I
will think about that if and when the offer comes. However, it will be
after I have gotten the required experience needed to do the job".
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