Jose Paseiro, has been identified as the man Jose Mourinho suggested to be the new Super Eagles coach.
He’s expected to be announced next week but will not take charge of the Eagles at the AFCON, he will be with the team nevertheless while Equavoen and the consortium of coaches call the shot.
He’s a Portuguese, resigned as Venezuela coach in August 2021 after working for over a year without being paid. He led Venezuela to the 2021 Copa America where he lost 2 games and drew 2 games which wasn’t enough to make it out of the group stage.
He had a previous stint in Saudi Arabia from February 18 – January 10, 2011. He was a former coach at Sporting Lisbon, a team he led to a 3rd place finish in the league in 2004/2005 season and finished 2nd in the UEFA Cup in the same year.
He worked as an assistant coach to Carlos Quiroz at Real Madrid in 03/04 season and also took charge of Al-Ahly of Egypt where he won 8 out of the 12games he took charge of.
