Ndubuisi Emmanuel Egbo (born 25 July 1973) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

football manager and former footballer. Egbo played as a

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during his professional career, most notably representing Tirana, winning with them three trophies. He was also a player of Nigeria national team, playing 12 matches and representing it in two tournaments of

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Club career

Egbo previously played for NITEL Vasco Enugu,

NEPA Lagos NEPA Lagos was a Nigerian football team based in Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos w ...

and Julius Berger in the Nigeria Premier League, for

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in the

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, for El-Masry in the

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, and for

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

and

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in the

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International career

Egbo has made several appearances for the full Nigeria national football team. He was a member of the Nigeria squad at the

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and

2002 African Cup of Nations The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000 African Cup of Nations, 2000, th ...

Managerial career

On 17 October 2015, after the sacking of

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following 1–1 home draw against

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, both assistants of Muça were appointed temporarily the new managers of

. Egbo became the first ever Nigerian coach to lead a European team to a league title after his team were crowned 2019/2020 Albanian League champions, the team also qualified for the

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Managerial statistics

Last updated 31 August 2020

Honours

Club

;Julius Berger * Nigeria Premier League: 1996 ;Al-Masry *

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: 1997–98 ;KF Tirana As Player *

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

: 2001–02 * Albanian Supercup:

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: 2002–03 2003–04 As Manager *

: 2019-20

References

External links

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