Nigerian-born
United Kingdom, UK-based coach, Obinna Maduike, has tipped Dream Team VI for
the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics Men’s Football event in Brazil. Maduike, who
is on scholarship in the United States as part of the programme to prepare
him to
acquire the prestigious “UEFA B” football coaching licence, is thrilled with the
performance of Samson Siasia and his boys at the ongoing Rio Olympics where the
Nigerian Dream Team VI progressed to the
semi finals of the soccer event.
He said:
“With Mikel Obi in the team to give the other members of the squad the required
confidence, I am confident that they will make it to the final, and “with
focus, they will win the Cup.”
Coach
Maduike was contracted recently by the UKInternational, to coach youth summer
camps organized by American Youth Soccer Organization. The Youth Soccer
Organization has more than 660,000 youth soccer players spread all over the
country. It is currently the largest youth sports organization in the US.
Obinna’s
selection was also in recognition of his outstanding performances in the
coaching of youth teams in England. Obinna, who has spent some weeks in the US
is already involved in the coaching of American boys and girls in California,
Utah, Texas and New Mexico.
Coach
Maduike said in an interview: “My experience in America is something I cannot
buy in the market. It has exposed me to more advanced, technical and tactical
aspects of coaching in football. I must say that it has established me as a
football coach.”
Although the
Nigerian was contracted for the summer programme till November, he is expected
to return to UK in a matter of days to face the league domestic league
assignments.
His club,
Miklover Sports Club, not long ago promoted him to manage the under-18 clubside
that are competing in the Derby League,
a responsibility he will combine with the coaching of “the under-14 team that competes in Midland Premier League which
is the highest in standard in England.”
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