The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles winger, FINIDI GEORGE as the new head coach of the nation’s senior men’s national team.

The NFF Board approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to hand over the reins to the 52-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Real Betis forward.

FINIDI GEORGE, who spent 20 months as an assistant to the outgoing JOSÉ SANTOS PESEIRO, had been serving as the interim coach after the Portuguese tactician’s departure following the Super Eagles’ impressive run to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

During his interim tenure, GEORGE oversaw two friendly matches in Morocco last month, where the team ended an 18-year winless streak against Ghana with a 2-1 victory before suffering a 0-2 loss to Mali.

The new Super Eagles boss’s immediate task will be to guide the team to victory in two crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against South Africa and the Benin Republic in Uyo and Abidjan, respectively, within the next five weeks.

The NFF statement emphasised that the matches are must-win encounters.