Football Manager, Sunday Oliseh Makes Bold AFCON Prediction

Nigerian football manager and former midfielder, Sunday Oliseh, has said Victor Boniface will lead the country to triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Oliseh stated this in a tweet on Sunday after Boniface led Bayer Leverkusen to their first ever Bundesliga title.

The 23-year-old missed this year’s AFCON due to injury, but was a key member of Xabi Alonso’s squad as they dethroned Bayern Munich.

Oliseh wrote: “Victor Boniface was once again extraordinary as Leverkusen grabbed its first ever Bundesliga title with 5 games left to play.

“Boniface is strong, skillful, intelligent, mobile, calm under pressure and I am convinced he will lead Nigeria to AFCON glory & more soon. Congrats.”

Oliseh, who played for top European clubs including Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, and Juventus, started his coaching career in Belgium with youth teams in the Belgian third division.

However, in 2015-16, he was named the coach of the Super Eagles by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and he went ahead to qualify the team for the Chan tournament in Rwanda, and the group phase of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

He is mostly remembered for scoring the winning goal in the group stage match against Spain in the 1998 World Cup, as Nigeria prevailed 3-2. In total, Oliseh played 63 international matches and scored three goals for Nigeria.

He played at the World Cups of 1994 and 1998 and participated in the Olympic gold medal-winning team of 1996.

April 15, 2024