Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro saved the team from a very likely ban from FIFA during his time as head coach of the team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Peseiro who led the team to the final of the AFCON two years ago, where they were beaten by the host Cote d’Ivoire left after the tournament and he is presently the head coach of Saudi Arabia side Al-Ula.
During his time as coach of the team, a close associate recall how he almost took a dangerous turn that could have led to a ban on Nigeria by world football governing body FIFA.
” We were preparing for a game in the AFCON qualifiers, and a player who has dual nationality was called up to the team. Just before the game we received reports that he has a passport of another country with a different name”, he revealed.
” The player was summoned and the defence he gave wasn’t convincing enough with what we were told. So the decision was to leave him out of the team and that is how it has remained till date. He has a Nigerian passport though but it wasn’t gotten through means that has so many doubts”, he stated.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
