Nigeria National League side C.O.D United Football Club have announced the appointment of Okey Emordi as their new manager. The sec...
Nigeria National League side C.O.D United Football Club have
announced the appointment of Okey Emordi as their new manager.
The second-tier club revealed the appointment in a press
release on Wednesday.
"Okey Emordi – one of the most successful coaches ever
in Nigerian football – has taken over the managerial responsibilities at the
Lagos-based side on the back of a very long and successful career having worked
at leading clubs like Enyimba FC of Aba, Enugu Rangers and most recently, Kano
Pillars," the release states.
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| Okey Emordi during his unveiling |
"While at Enyimba, Emordi became only the second
Nigerian to win the coveted CAF Champions League in addition to a league title.
He also won the league title with Kano Pillars and came within whiskers of
achieving the same feat while at Enugu Rangers. He replaces the club’s former Portuguese
manager Paulo Da Silva who had to return home for family reasons and his
immediate task is to lead the club’s charge for promotion to the Nigerian
Professional Football League next season."
Speaking on Emordi’s appointment, C.E.O of the club Shola
Opaleye expressed excitement that Emordi has joined the club.
Opaleye said: “Okey Emordi’s knowledge, experience and record shows clearly that he has been the outstanding coach in the Nigerian football space in the past decade or so and we are very delighted he has decided to join us. His appointment is yet another demonstration of our ambition as a club to keep moving forward and never rest on our oars.
"We want to play in the NPFL next season and we believe Okey’s appointment gives us a massive opportunity to do that. Once we shared our vision with him, he decided to take up the challenge and we are delighted he was convinced to join us having seen our vision for the club.
C.O.D United kick off their NPFL promotion chase when the
take on Abia Comets at the Onikan Stadium on May 7th 2016 .
Source: CODunitedfc.com
