As we do a post Analysis of the failed under 20 world cup that just finished and which by all standard was a failure,it is high time we start shopping for a new Coach for our under 20 team
Nigeria must make a great comeback at both the under 20 and under 17 world cup not only for Ego but because we need to provide a platform for very talented youngsters scattered across Nigeria to be able to get good clubs so they can replace the current Eagles players when they start aging
Looking left and right my eyes are just one person at the moment Samsom Siasia not my person person but the truth based on pedigree and past achievements with the team and the ammout of young players he has helped nurture, Siasia should be given the job and to those who will hit back about his match betting issue i will ask those who don’t have any sins should throw the first stone ,my eyes are focused on this achievements which has not been toppled by all the other coaches after him
2005, Samson Siasia coached the under 20 team (Flying Eagles), taking them to the finals of both the 2005 Under-20 World Cup and the U-20 African Youth Championship. He won the African Youth Championship and advanced all the way to the world final – before losing to Argentina 2–1. He also assisted Augustine Eguavoen in coaching the national team.
Samson Siasia was appointed national U-23 coach in January 2007. In 2008, he coached the Nigerian Under-23 Olympic squad to the final against Argentina. In a superbly played series of matches, Nigeria’s team earned the Olympic Silver Medals. Earlier in 2008, the U-23 team won the inaugural Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia. This team was composed entirely of domestic Nigerian players and won the Cup against many teams headed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In addition to his position as head coach of the Under 23 Olympic Eagles, he developed a youth academy in the capital city Abuja, called SiaOne Soccer Academy. On 17 March 2009, he was reappointed as the head coach of the under-20 team after the finished a disappointing 3rd in the 2009 African Youth Championship. He received a six-month contract to coach Heartland F.C. in July 2010.[7] On 4 November 2010, he was named as the national team coach to succeed Swedish Lars Lagerbäck. He was fired on 28 October 2011 for failing to take the Nigeria team to the 2012 African Nations Cup[8] in Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
Siasia was one of the five foreign managers auctioned in February 2012 for the new Bengal Premier League Soccer. His former national teammate, Jay-Jay Okocha, was bought by the same club from the five icon players up for auction. On 26 February 2016, he was named by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the Chief Coach of the Nigeria national team, the Super Eagles, to be assisted by Salisu Yusuf, Emmanuel Amunike and Alloysius Agu after the resignation of Sunday Oliseh from the position.[8]
He returned to the U-23 post in 2015 and led Nigeria to the Rio Olympics.[9] In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[10]
NFF I think this is the man to wipe away our tears and bring back glory to the under 20
