Mimglow Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Nigeria appoint Bryan Robson as coach ABUJA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria have picked former England captain Bryan Robson as the coach to take their team into next year's African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia, an official said on Tuesday. 'Bryan Robson will be Nigeria's coach,' a Nigeria Football Association (NFA) member told Reuters, asking not to be named. 'The NFA team that interviewed him in London has confirmed he should be appointed,' he said, adding that a formal announcement would be made soon. Nigeria's Sports Minister must approve the choice before Robson, a former manager of English premier league club Middlesbrough, can be formally announced as the man to lead the Super Eagles to Tunisia. Robson, 46, did not originally apply for the post for which the NFA had a short-list of six foreigners, including Frenchmen Bruno Metsu and Alain Giresse and Polish-born Henri Kasperczak. Details of Robson's contract were not immediately available. Robson spent the best years of his playing career at Manchester United after starting out with West Bromwich Albion. He scored after 27 seconds of a World Cup match against France in 1982, the first of Robson's two appearances in the sport's showpiece tournament. Injury limited his involvement in the Mexico finals in 1986 when England reached the last eight. An inspirational leader, who captained England 65 times in his 90 internationals, Robson was nicknamed 'Captain Marvel' by the English press. Injuries disrupted his playing career during which he suffered three broken legs and dislocated his shoulder three times. Robson won three FA Cup winner's medals and the European Cup Winners Cup with United and in 1993 he helped the Old Trafford club win their first league title for 26 years. Robson left United in 1994 after helping them win the league and FA Cup double, joining Middlesbrough as player manager before hanging up his boots in January 1997. Despite steering Boro to two League Cup finals and one FA Cup final, all of which they lost, in the space of 15 months, and promotion to the top flight twice in three years, Robson struggled as a manager in the premier league. He took a back seat when Terry Venables was appointed Boro manager in 2000 and saved the club from relegation the following year. Robson has been out of coaching since leaving Middlesbrough by mutual consent in June 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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