Augustine Eguavoen is the current interim manager of the Nigeria Super Eagles and was a former football player.
He has also worked for Nigeria before as the Under-23 team manager.
In his Managerial career, Eguaveon has previously been given the Nigeria national team job.
Augustine Eguaveon Biography
Augustine Owen Eguavoen was born in a town called Sapele, Delta State on August 19, 1965.
He was a former international and local professional footballer. After his retirement, he managed several clubs, one of the most recent being his spell as the manager of Sunshine Stars FC of Akure and the former manager of the Nigerian national football team.
He had featured at the 1998 World Cup in France where his talents could not be sidelined due to his high range of enthusiasm and hunger to drive forward as a football player as well as a manager.
Augustine Eguavoen is regarded as the 7,220th most popular soccer player in the world, the 90th most popular biography from Nigeria, and then as a Nigerian football player, he is rated the 44th most popular.
Eguavoen Football Career
Eguaveon started his career as a talented defender or center-back with ACB Lagos.
His defensive prowess was outstanding such that it gave him undoubtedly a heavenly sent opportunity after some impressive performances as he was able to move to Gent in 1986.
He also played in numerous clubs like K.V. Kortrijk, CD Ourense, Sacramento Scorpions, Torpedo Moscow before bringing an end to his footballing career where he hung his boot at Sliema Wanderers in Malta.
Augustine Eguaveon could not miss out on the National duty call-up for the World Cup in 1994 as he earned a place in the team that contested in the tournament.
He was among the successful team that claimed the African Cup of Nations trophy in 1994, before he retired.
He had played a total number of 49 games for the Nigeria Super Eagles where he managed to score a single goal during that time but his prowess in the air and physically speaks more than his ability to convert goals moreover he was a defender.
