April 16, (THEWILL) – Who is Eboboritse Uwejamomere, the 26-year-old coach, who was recently named as the Super Eagles’ and CHAN team’s match analyst?
Uwejamomere holds a UEFA B coaching licence and is thought to be the youngest person in the domestic league to have taken command of a game at any level in his previous role as the coach of Abeokuta’s Stormers FC.
The young coach received his education in England and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from Nottingham Trent University in 2017.
In 2013, he earned his English Football Association Level 1 coaching certificate, and in 2015, he earned his FA Level 2 coaching certificate. In 2016, he was awarded the FA complete Youth Award coaching qualification, and in 2018, he added an UEFA B Licence to his resume.
In 2016, Uwejamomere earned his FA Level 1 in Talent Identification, and a year later, his FA Level 2 in Talent Identification.
He has coached at a number of local youth clubs in Nottingham and London. Between 2015 and 2017, he worked at the Nottingham Forest Academy Development Centre.
He previously applied for the position of Nigerian U-17 coach and, according to his LinkedIn page, worked as a Special Assistant in the NFF’s Technical Department between November 2020 and July 2021. Between January and November 2020, he worked as an Academy Coach at Gillingham.
Uwejamomere is anticipated to collaborate closely with Salisu Yusuf in terms of game preparation and opponent analysis and will be actively involved with whoever the NFF appoints as the substantive coach of the senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles.
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