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The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) will on Thursday name a replacement for German coach Berti Vogts, who quit his post after the team's disappointing display at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations earlier this month in Ghana.
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) will on Thursday name a replacement for German coach Berti Vogts, who quit his post after the team's disappointing display at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations earlier this month in Ghana.
"We expect the board to appoint a new coach for the national team on Thursday following the recommendation of the NFA technical committee," said NFA spokesman Ademola Olajire.
Former Togo coach Stephen Keshi leads a dozen local coaches who will on Tuesday be interviewed for the country's top football job by the technical committee led by NFA board member Taiwo Ogunjobi.
The other shortlisted candidates include former national team coach Shuaibu Amodu as well as former internationals Austin Eguavoen, Sunday Oliseh and Daniel Amokachi.
Vogts quit as national team coach even though his contract ran through until the 2010 FIFA World Cup™in South Africa after the Super Eagles were knocked out of the 2008 Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals by hosts Ghana earlier this month.