Éric Chelle, tsohon kocin tawagar ƙasar Mali, ya zama sabon kocin tawagar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Najeriya, Super Eagles. An sanar da wannan aiki a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2025, bayan amincewar kwamitin gudanarwa na hukumar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Najeriya (NFF).
Chelle, wanda ya kwashe shekaru biyu yana jagorantar tawagar Mali, zai dauki nauyin tawagar Najeriya don neman cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2026. Hukumar ta bayyana cewa za a fara wasannin share fage na biyar da shida a watan Maris.
“Kwamitin zartarwa na NFF ya amince da shawarar kwamitin fasaha da ci gaba don nada Mista Éric Sékou Chelle a matsayin babban kocin tawagar ƙasar Najeriya, Super Eagles. Nadin nasa ya fara aiki nan da nan,” in ji wata sanarwa daga hukumar.
Chelle, wanda ya taka leda a ƙasashen Faransa da Algeria, ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin kocin a kulob din MC Oran na Algeria. Yanzu, zai fara sabon aiki a Najeriya, inda zai jagoranci tawagar ƙasa zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya.
Najeriya, wadda ta lashe gasar cin kofin Afrika sau uku, tana fafutukar dawo da matsayinta a duniya bayan rashin cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2022. Aikin Chelle zai kasance mai mahimmanci wajen cimma wannan buri.