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Amuneke dedicates Flying Eagles win to Keshi, Shuaibu

Freedom Reporter — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 07:23:20 +0000

Coach of the National U-20 team, Emmanuel Amuneke, has dedicated the team`s victory over Burundi, to Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shuaibu, former Super Eagles coaches who passed on last week. Amuneke disclosed this to sportswriters on Saturday after the team, also known as the Flying Eagles, beat the Burundi U-20 team, 2-1 at the U.J […]

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Amuneke picks Nwakali, Osimhen, 16 others for Burundi tie

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 17 May 2016 21:00:36 +0000

Coach Emmanuel Amuneke on Tuesday underlined his faith in players of his 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup team by naming 15 of them in an 18-man under-20 squad against Burundi. The squad is heading to Bujumbura for this weekend’s 2017 CAF U-20 Cup of Nations second qualifying round fixture first leg match. According to the […]

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Amuneke drops six more players from Flying Eagles camp

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 03 May 2016 19:32:35 +0000

Head Coach of U-20 team, Emmanuel Amuneke, has finally pruned the number of players in camp to 31 after Saturday’s friendly match with Nigerian National League side, Supreme Court FC. The match ended 1-0 in favour of the Flying Eagles but it also afforded the technical crew an opportunity to further assess the ability of […]

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Amuneke: Eagles must respect Pharaohs

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:06:44 +0000

Assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Emmanuel Amuneke, has asked the players to respect their opponents ahead of their Nations Cup qualifiers’ double header against Egypt. The 45-year-old coach, who helped Egypt’s Zamalek as a player win two Egyptian League titles in 1992-1993, said he believes the Super Eagles can claim victory in both legs, […]

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NFF to Amuneke: Want Super Eagles job? Win U-20 World Cup

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:59:15 +0000

Chairman of the Technical Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Green, has given Flying Eagles coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, a tall order. He must win the U-20 World Cup for him to be considered as coach of Super Eagles. Nigeria is yet to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup, despite coming close in 1989 and […]

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Why we switched Garba for Amuneke at Flying Eagles, by NFF

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:04:34 +0000

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday in Abuja explained why it switched the positions of Emmanuel Amuneke and Manu Garba at the national teams. The NFF on Wednesday said it had endorsed the recommendations of its Technical and Development Committee in appointing Amuneke, as Flying Eagles’ Head Coach. The Federation’s Executive Committee also recommended […]

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NFF sacks Tijani Babangida as Oliseh’s PA, names Amuneke Flying Eagles coach

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:30:47 +0000

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sacked Tijani Babangida, Personal Assistant (PA) to Sunday Oliseh, the Super Eagles Head Coach. This is stated in a communiqué after a meeting of NFF Executive Committee in Abuja on Wednesday by Ademola Olajire, NFF Assistant Director of Communications. It said the disengagement of Babangida followed recommendation of the […]

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Glo-CAF Awards: Nigeria U-23, U-17, Amuneke, Etebo, Osimhen in line for honours

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:42:18 +0000

Two Nigerian champion teams, World Cup -winning Coach Emmanuel Amuneke, and star players Azubuike Okechukwu and Victor Osimhen are in line to be honoured at the Glo-Caf African Football Awards on Thursday evening. The annual showpiece, which rewards African football players from across the world who had excelled in the preceding year, will take place […]

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NFF: Amuneke to continue with Golden Eaglets

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:13:46 +0000

First Vice-President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Seyi Akinwunmi, says the federation has decided that Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, would remain in his position. Akinwunmi said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the dinner in honour of the Golden Eaglets who won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup on Sunday in Chile. “NFF […]

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Yahaya-Kwande, NOC extol Amuneke, Eaglets

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:20:22 +0000

Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande has heaped encomiums on Coach Emmanuel Amuneke and the triumphant Golden Eaglets, following their success story at Chile 2015. The ranking member of the House of Representatives, who is also serving a second term as member of the NFF Executive Committee, on Tuesday, supported […]

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Amuneke: Eaglets will knock Mexico out

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:19:54 +0000

The city of Concepción and Estadio Municipal for that matter has gone down in the history of Nigerian football as the venue where the country’s star-studded U-20 squad of 1987 met their waterloo following a humiliating 4-0 loss to Brazil at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 1987. Twenty -eight years after what was called […]

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Amuneke to Eaglets: Work harder

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:14:39 +0000

Golden Eaglets chief coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has praised his World Cup semi-finalists but says there is still a lot to do to retain their title. The Golden Eaglets, who play Mexico in the last four on Thursday, have impressed and striker Victor Osimhen is the standout player in Chile. Amuneke stated that: “Victor is a […]

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Amuneke: Eaglets good for the title

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:04:19 +0000

Emmanuel Amuneke is in bullish mood ahead of Nigeria’s quarterfinal fixture with Brazil at the ongoing Fifa U17 World Cup in Brazil. The Golden Eaglets trainer took the time to assess his side’s 6-0 win over Australia on Wednesday while also previewing the upcoming fixture with the South American giants. Amuneke insists his charges are […]

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Amuneke: It won’t be easy against Australia

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:50:56 +0000

Golden Eaglets Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has admitted that their FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 Round of 16 opponent, Australia, would be a hard nut to crack on Wednesday at the Estadio Sausalito in Vina Del Mar. The Aussies showed some remarkably tenacity to advance from the tournament’s supposed group of death (Group D) […]

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