The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has received a letter of recommendation from Spanish LaLiga giants Villarreal and Valencia backing the candidacy of Roberto Bianchi to be the next coach of the Nigeria U17 team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
As first reported by ScoreNigeria, the 57 year old Spanish-Brazilian coach who has working experience in Brazil, Spain, Belgium, Jordan, Angola and Uganda is among those who applied for the role of coach of the Nigeria U17 team, which was declared vacant by the NFF.
Bianchi isn’t new to coaching in Africa as he has a two year stint in charge of Angola from 2017 to 2019. He will be aiming to be the first foreign coach ever of the Nigeria U17 team since it was formed in 1985.
Spanish LaLiga sides Villarreal and Valencia respectively, where the coach worked as a scout sent a covering letter attached to his application letter detailing why he needs to be considered for the job.
A top member of the technical committee of the NFF exclusively revealed that the letter, which is attached to his official application detailed how he worked as a scout on the African continent studying games of the U17 AFCON on behalf of the teams, who were searching for African talents.
Despite that he said the coach will be treated in the same way like others who applied for the job, although he admitted that his chances of getting the job is very slim due to the fact that the football house prefers an indigenous coach to handle the role.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
