The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has mandated the newly appointed Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro to qualify Nigeria for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar or face the exit door.
The Portuguese tactician was appointed following the sacking of Gernot Rohr earlier this month.
The 61-year-old was in charge of the Venezuela national team until August and has also coached Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, and Al Ahly of Egypt.
NFF vice-president, Shehu Dikko, speaking with ESPN, said that if he fails to qualify Nigeria for the 2022 World Cup, the situation will be reviewed and a decision taken.
“If he does not qualify us for this World Cup, we will review the situation objectively and make a decision based on that,” Dikko said.
Nigeria will discover their World Cup play-off opponents on January 26.
The West Africans could face any of Congo DR, Egypt, Ghana, Mali or Cameroon for a place at Qatar 2022.
The new Coach, Peseiro in 2003 was named as an assistant to Carlos Queiroz at Real Madrid.
Peseiro has coached clubs in Portugal, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Romania, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. During his managerial career, he has won two titles – the Egyptian Premier League with Al Ahly in 2016, and the Portuguese Cup with Braga in 2013.
He failed to qualify Saudi Arabia for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and was sacked after losing to Syria in the AFC Asian Cup.
Peseiro failed to get Venezuela past the group stages of the 2021 Copa America and resigned in August, having not been paid for over a year amidst the South American country’s economic crisis.
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