NIGERIA/FILE: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Samson Siasia pays penalty for failing to coach Super Eagles into Nations Cup finals

Record ID: 235340

  • Title: NIGERIA/FILE: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Samson Siasia pays penalty for failing to coach Super Eagles into Nations Cup finals
  • Date: 30th October 2011
  • Summary: ABUJA, NIGERIA (FILE) (REUTERS) (4:3) CLOSE UP OF SOCCER COACH SAMSON SIASIA COACH SAMSON SIASIA SIGNING CONTRACT IN 2010 AUDIENCE WATCHING THE SIGNING VARIOUS OF SUPER EAGLES TRAINING
  • Embargoed: 14th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Nigeria, Nigeria
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAB17XPBJ4FA54ZFEY6WRBCCH53
  • Story Text: Nigeria's Samson Siasia has become the third African coaching casualty in a week as the fallout from the Nations Cup qualifiers continued to claim victims.
    Siasia was dismissed after a meeting of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Friday (October 28) before his removal was confirmed by officials a day later.
    His sacking follows the departures of Javier Clemente at Cameroon and Tom Saintfiet from the Ethiopia post in the last seven days.
    The 44-year-old, who played for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup and later coached the country's under-23 team to the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was fired after Nigeria's shock failure to qualify for next year's finals.
    Nigeria finished runners-up in their group after failing to beat Guinea at home in their decisive group game earlier this month.
    A statement said Siasia and his assistants "breached a key proviso in their contract with the NFF and their services are therefore promptly dispensed with," a reference to the minimum requirement of qualifying for the Nations Cup.
    A successor would be discussed in meetings on November 1 and 2, officials said.
    Former Spain manager Clemente was fired by Cameroon on Monday after they too, missed out on the Nations Cup, being co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from Jan. 21 to Feb. 12.
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