Henry Onyemanze Nwosu (born 14 June 1963) is a former

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n footballer turned manager.

Career

Nwosu spent his career at home with

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(NNB) of

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and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...

FC of

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and

Racing FC Bafoussam Racing Club de Bafoussam is a Cameroonian football club based in Bafoussam. They are a member of the Cameroonian Football Federation. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Bamendzi, a multi-use stadium in Bafoussam. The stadium holds 5,000 pe ...

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International career

A gifted midfielder, Nwosu was the youngest member of Nigeria's victorious

1980 African Nations Cup The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its ...

squad, and scored the only goal for Nigeria at the 1980 Olympics. He also played in the

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and

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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 Samson Siasia (born 14 August 1967) is a Nigerian former professional football striker and the former head coach of the Nigeria national team from 2010 to October 2011. He was reappointed in 2016. On 16 August 2019, FIFA banned Siasia from all ...

at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

where Nigeria won the silver medal. He was an assistant to Onigbinde that took the Super Eagles to

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

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and

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. On 27 September 2008, Nwosu was appointed as the coach for the Nigerian U-17 team. 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 The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Be ...

. Nwosu was hired that August as coach of Union Bank F.C. In October 2013, he was named coach for Abeokuta club Gateway United F.C.

References

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Why I took Union Bank job
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nwosu, Henry 1963 births Living people Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Olympic footballers of Nigeria Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1982 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players Racing Club Bafoussam players ASEC Mimosas players Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate footballers in Cameroon Expatriate footballers in Ivory Coast ACB Lagos F.C. players Association football midfielders New Nigerian Bank F.C. players Sportspeople from Imo State