Jan Olof “Janne” Andersson has been picked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the new coach of the senior national team of Nigeria according to ScoreNigeria.
He was picked by the NFF as the new coach of the team despite not making that list of shortlisted coaches for the job made vacant by the departure of Finidi George six months ago.
We gathered that the president of the football body Ibrahim Musa Gusau favoured the Swede who guided Sweden to the last world cup ahead of the duo of Eric Chelle and Tom Saintfeit, who were the only two left in the shortlist of coaches for the job.
His last job was with the national team of Sweden and he guided them to the 2018 World Cup and also the 2020 Euros, but left his role after seven years following their failure to make it to the 2022 ans the 2024 European Championship.
The coach is expected to be officially unveiled next week following the approval of his appointment by the country’s minister for sports senator John Enoh. He will sign a one year deal with the option of another year based on his success in his first year in charge.
Andersson’s first task will be the AFCON 2025 qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively in September, and as we reported the coach has already started scouting the opponents and also the list of Super Eagles players who will be invited for the game.
