Orlando Pirates approaches Siasia for coaching job

Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia may be named as the next coach of South African powerhouse club Orlando Pirates. The Buccaneers as they are famously known parted ways with Julio Leal this week and need a coach to take them to the end of the season. Siasia lost his job as coach of the Nigeria national team after the Super Eagles could not qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations that was won by Zambia in February. DON'T MISS Siasia who recently agreed to coach in India said the opportunity if confirmed will be too good to be turned down. “All I can say now is that someone contacted me to ask if I was interested in the job,” Siasia told KickOff.com. “I told them I am open to discussion. What coach in Africa would not be interested in Orlando Pirates? But, for now, no discussions have taken place,” he added. Siasia whose CV reads quite impressively has famously led the U-20 and U-23 teams to silver medal positions at the U-20 FIFA World Cup in 2005 and the Beijing Olympics football event respectively. If he is contracted, he will join another former Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu as having coached the South African side. Amodu coached the Buccaneers in the 1996/97 season.