Augustine Eguavoen
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| Full name | Augustine Owen Eguavoen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sapele, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nigeria (Technical Director) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | ACB Lagos | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Gent | 77 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Kortrijk | 95 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Ourense | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Kortrijk | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Sacramento Scorpions | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Torpedo Moscow | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sliema Wanderers | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1998 | Nigeria[1] | 49 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Sliema Wanderers (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Bendel Insurance | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Nigeria U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Black Leopards | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Enyimba International | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Nigeria (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Nigeria U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sharks | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | COD United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Bendel Insurance | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Gombe United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sunshine Stars | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Zakynthos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Stade Malien | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Nigeria (Technical Director) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Nigeria (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who served as manager of the Nigeria national team three times.[2]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]During his varied career Eguavoen began his career as a defender with ACB Lagos in his native Nigeria, some impressive performances gained him a move to Gent in 1986. He went on to play for K.V. Kortrijk, CD Ourense, Sacramento Scorpions, Torpedo Moscow and finished his career in Malta with Sliema Wanderers.
International
[edit | edit source]Eguavoen was a member of the Nigeria national team squad that qualified for the country's first ever World Cup in 1994, and won the African Nations Cup in the same year.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Sliema Wanderers
[edit | edit source]Eguavoen began his coaching career in Malta with Sliema Wanderers, he was given the job as player-coach for the 1999–2000 season, but lasted in that role for only few months. He kept playing for Sliema in the 2000–01 season.
Nigeria
[edit | edit source]Eguavoen was appointed the caretaker coach of the Nigeria national team in June 2005 with his coaching staff including Samson Siasia, Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu. He managed the Nigeria national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where the team won a bronze medal, beating Senegal in the third-place play-off.[3] He was sacked in April 2006.[4]
Black Leopards
[edit | edit source]Eguavoen then moved to South Africa, to take over Premier Soccer League side Black Leopards in March 2008.
Enyimba International
[edit | edit source]In the 2008–09 season, Eguavoen was head coach at Enyimba International in Aba, however he left soon after, leading them to a 3rd-place finish in league and winning the Federation Cup.
Return to Nigeria
[edit | edit source]In June 2010, the Nigeria Football Federation asked Eguavoen to replace Swedish Lars Lagerbäck until he decide his future plans. He was brought in as caretaker manager but said that he has no intention of submitting an application to take the role on a permanent basis. Eguavoen was also appointed as the head coach of the Nigeria national under-23 football team in August 2010. He expected his team would have a qualification for the 2012 London Olympic Games, but they were knocked out in the group stage. On 5 December 2011, he resigned from his job following the failure to secure the Olympics ticket.
On 27 October 2012, he was named manager of Sharks F.C. to allow John Obuh to concentrate on the Nigeria Under-20 team. He resigned however after seven games when the team started at the bottom of the table. He signed in April 2013 to coach Nigeria National League side COD United.
In November 2013, he was hired by the Edo State government to coach Bendel Insurance with the intent of getting them back to the Premier League.[5] He resigned in July 2014 to take over Gombe United F.C.[6]
In April 2017, he joined Sunshine Stars.[7] but was let go in June after a home loss to league leaders Plateau United.[8]
In October 2020, the Nigerian Football Federation, appointed Eguavoen as the Technical Director of the Federation.[9]
On 12 December 2021, Eguavoen was appointed manager of Nigeria on an interim basis for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, following the departure of Gernot Rohr.[10] After Nigeria exited from the round of sixteen with an agonising defeat to Tunisia, he returned to his position as the Technical Director of the side.
Honours
[edit | edit source]As a Player
[edit | edit source]Nigeria
As a Coach
[edit | edit source]Nigeria
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2006 (Bronze)
Enyimba International
- Nigeria Federation Cup: 2008–09 Season
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Augustine Owen Eguavoen - International Appearances
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- ^ Eguavoen named Insurance Administrator (The Punch) Archived 30 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eguavoen Nears Gombe Deal Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Eguavoen parts ways Sunshine Stars
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External links
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- Augustine Eguavoen at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 King Fahd Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1988 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- 1994 African Cup of Nations players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Segunda División players
- USISL players
- Russian Premier League players
- Maltese Premier League players
- ACB Lagos F.C. players
- KAA Gent players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- CD Ourense footballers
- Sacramento Scorpions players
- FC Torpedo Moscow players
- FC Torpedo-2 players
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Nigerian football managers
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Bendel Insurance F.C. managers
- Nigeria national football team managers
- Black Leopards F.C. managers
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. managers
- Enyimba F.C. managers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
- Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Footballers from Delta State
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen