Former Nigeria international Emmanuel Amuneke has been relieved of his post as head coach of the Tanzania national team on mutual agreement with the country’s football federation, Completesports.com reports.
The Tanzania Football Federation announced the termination of his contract on Monday afternoon.
”The Tanzania Football Association (TFF) and the National Team Coach, Emmanuel Amunike, have reached a joint agreement to terminate the contract between us,”reads a statement on the official website of the TFF.
“TFF will announce the new coach who will lead the National Team for CHAN qualifying matches.
“The new coach will be announced after the Emergency Committee Committee meeting meets July 11,2019. The search for the new Coach has started immediately.
Amuneke was appointed head coach of Taifa Stars on August, 6th, 2018.
He helped the Taifa Stars booked a place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, their first since the 1980 edition which was hosted by his home nation, Nigeria.
The East Africans were eliminated after the group stages after losing all theor three Group C matches. The Taifa Stars lost 2-0 to Senegal, 3-2 to Kenya and 3-0 to Algeria to finish bottom of the group without any point.
By Adeboye Amosu
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O boi u for wait small naa…bcos it will appears they sack u after Afcon poor outing.. Well good luck for ur next job in future
In the battle of life, you don’t bow, you conquer. I expect coach Amunike should have hold on for a while.
Eyaah After Talking Tough You Couldn’t Even Boast Of A Point? It’s Terrible But live Goes On!!! CSN The Caption Should Be: Amuneke Has Been Sacked And Not Quit Okay!
@Nwanchukwu, this your comment has no sense. Winning matches has a lot to do with the quality of players available.
Quite unfortunate….!
You have done well for yourself Mr Amuneke…you have earned respect. At least you are not sitting at the ‘beautiful gate’ of NFF secretariat waiting for jobs like some people.
Coaches are hired to be fired and fired to be hired. That’s the nature of the job. Even those who have won trophies have ended up being fired by their employers…so its no big deal.
One thing I’m quite sure of is that you wont be out of circulation for too long. I wish you well in your future endeavors.
I would like to see him take our under 20 job, take us to the next under 20 AFCON asks under 20 world cup. His brief to be to develop our youth for the next 4 years.
Migrate with them to the under 23 after the Olympics in 2020 and look to take the senior job either for the next world cup or immediately after.
Continuity is the key to success.
He is proven with our under 17, let him take one step at a time
If not for Amuneke, those two words TANZANIA and AFCON have no business together in a sentence. To me, Amuneke has already made his mark with the Tanzania team. To qualify them for Afcon is a MONUMENTAL achievement. They should perhaps erect his statue outside one of their stadia in recognition of his achievement.