Odegbami Cautions Siasia Against Super Eagles Role

Samson Siasia has received advice from Segun Odegbami not to accept the position of Super Eagles coach because he thought it might harm his reputation.

The former Super Eagles player recently ended his 5-year FIFA ban and is available for a coaching job.

He quickly declared his willingness to manage the Super Eagles again, following the completion of his ban for match-fixing.

The Olympic silver medalist, who coached the Super Eagles twice, has been warned against taking the job again.

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After Finidi George resignation from the Super Eagles in June 2024, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has yet to appoint a replacement technical adviser.

The Super Eagles have expressed interest in hiring Samson Siasia as their new head coach following the end of his suspension. However, Segun Odegbemi, a 1980 AFCON champion, has advised Siasia against accepting the position.

Odegbami stated, according to the Vanguard, “He was once acknowledged as FIFA’s coach of the year.

“That was when he led Nigeria’s Under-20 to the finals of the World Youth Championship in 2005, the under-23 national team to the finals of the Olympics in 2008, and a third place at the Olympics in 2016.

In 2019, Samson Siasia was suspended by FIFA for 5 years following unsubstantiated charges of corruption against him. Having served the suspension, he is now free to return to football. 

He may have been pencilled down as part of an interim consortium of coaches headed by the Director of the Technical Department of the NFF, Austin Eguavoen, to handle the Super Eagles should a foreign coach not be hired in the next week.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Rwanda and the Benin Republic in September to start their 2025 AFCON qualification campaign.