.To replace Imama Amapakabo
By Our Reporter
THE Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former
Super Eagles’ defender and captain Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team.
He replaces Imama Amapakabo in the three –time African champions’ technical
crew.
Yobo, who played for the Nigeria U20 boys - Flying Eagles
– during the FIFA World Youth Championship (now known as FIFA U20 World Cup) in
1999, won his first cap for the the senior team in an Africa Cup of Nations
qualifying match away to Zambia in Chingola in April 2001, and played in three
FIFA World Cup finals in 2002, 2010 and 2014.
The attack –minded defender also played in six Africa Cup
of Nations finals in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2013, capping it with
leading the Super Eagles to their third continental title in South Africa in
2013. He played a total of 100 matches for Nigeria at senior level.
A thoroughbred and dedicated professional who played his
club football in five countries, including sterling appearances for Olympique
Marseille in the French top flight, Fenerbahce in Turkey and Everton FC in the
English Premiership, Joseph Yobo scored several crucial goals for the Super
Eagles in important qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup and the Africa
Cup of Nations. He was also among the scorers when the Eagles thrashed South
Africa’s Bafana Bafana 4-0 in a group phase match in Tunisia 16 years ago.
Born Joseph Michael Yobo on 6th September 1980, the
flamboyant stopper also played club football in Belgium with Standard Liege,
Tenerife in Spain and Norwich City in England, having started out with
Michellin-Harcourt in Rivers State in 1996.
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