Official: TOM SAINTFIET Appointed Technical Director

Subject to a work permit to be granted by the Nigerian authorities, former Westerlo youth player Tom Saintfiet has been appointed as the Technical Director of the National Teams of Nigeria. The young Belgian has been offered a four-year deal by the Nigeria Federation. Saintfiet, 38, is a globetrotter in football terms after coaching spells with Namibia and Ethiopia. Last October he was appointed as the Zimbabwe gaffer but he parted ways with the South African nation because of a bureaucratic pitfall. The Belgian earlier this month was interviewed in Nigeria by the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Federation including one of his old pals, the ex Liege player Victor Ikpeba. In other appointments announced by the Nigeria Federation on Wednesday, Kadiri Ikhana will handle the Women's National Team while John Obuh is making a return as the coach of the Under 20 selection.