Henry Nwosu

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Henry Nwosu
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-06-14) 14 June 1963
Place of birth	Imo State, Nigeria
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Gateway
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979-1986	New Nigeria Bank	60	(11)
1987-1989	ACB Lagos
–	ASEC Mimosas
–	Racing FC Bafoussam
National team
1980-1991	Nigeria	60	(8)
Teams managed
1997	Ibom Stars
2008–2009	Nigeria U-17
2009-2013	Union Bank
2013-	Gateway United F.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

For the current player, see Henry Nwosu Kanu

Henry Onyemanze Nwosu (born 14 June 1963) is a former Nigerian footballer turned manager.

Career

Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank (NNB) of Benin City and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for ASEC Mimosas FC of Ivory Coast and Racing FC Bafoussam of Cameroon.

International career

A gifted midfielder, Nwosu was the youngest member of Nigeria's victorious 1980 African Nations Cup squad, and scored the only goal for Nigeria at the 1980 Olympics. He also played in the 1982, 1984 and 1988 tournaments, finishing runners up in the latter two, with his last game for Nigeria coming in 1991.

Coaching career

He was an assistant for former Eagles teammate Samson Siasia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where Nigeria won the silver medal.^[1] He formerly was an assistant to Onigbinde that took the Super Eagles to 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.^[2] On 27 September 2008, Nwosu was appointed as the coach for the Nigerian U-17 team.^[3] However he was removed from the post in April 2009 after a string of poor results in preparation for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[4] He was hired that August as coach of Union Bank F.C.^[5] In October 2013, he was named coach for Abeokuta cllub Gateway United F.C.^[6]

References

External links

Henry Nwosu at National-Football-Teams.com
Why I took Union Bank job

v t e Nigeria squad – 1980 African Cup of Nations Champions

1 Ogedegbe 2 Adiele 3 Isima 4 Lawal 5 Chukwu 6 Bamidele 7 S. Odegbami 8 Atuegbu 9 Owolabi 10 Odiye 11 Amiesimaka 12 Effiong 13 Okala 14 Okpala 15 Onyedika 16 Eyo 17 Orlando 18 Mohammed 19 Bassey 20 Nwosu 21 Onwuachi 22 Ikhana Coach: Gloria

v t e Nigeria squad – 1988 Summer Olympics

1 Ngodigha 2 Ezeugo 3 Uwe 4 Adeshina 5 Nwanu 6 Sadi 7 Eguavoen 8 Okpala 9 Iorfa 10 Okwaraji 11 Yekini 12 Obi 13 Omokaro 14 Obobaifo 15 Obiku 16 Siasia 17 Odegbami 18 Okosieme 19 Agada 20 Nwosu Coach: Höner

Persondata
Name	Nwosu, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1963-06-14
Place of birth	Imo State, Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death

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