Siasia to coach Swaziland?

Former Nigerian U-20 and Olympic team coach, Samson Siasia has applied to coach Swaziland, a small country in the South African region. The Swazi Football Association started the process of getting a new coach for the Shilangu when the erstwhile handler, Ephraim ‘ Shakes ‘ Mashaba, left to coach the South African U-23 team. According to the President of Swaziland’s Football Association, Adam Mthethwa, a lot of coaches including a respected English soccer tactician and Samson Siasia have dropped their CV’s for the vacant post.

Samson Siasia led Nigeria to a Silver medal finish 2years ago at the Beijing Olympics

Siasia, who led the Flying Eagles to a disastrous outing at the U-20 World Cup in Egypt last year has been aggressive in his search for a new job. Before throwing his hat into the ring concerning the Swaziland vacancy, Siaone as he is fondly called, had applied to coach the Liberian and Zambian national teams. He lost out in the battle for both positions. Siasia, who played 43 international matches for Nigeria with 13 goals to his credit, was also touted as a potential handler of Bolton Wanderers FC of England in early 2009. This was due to the sterling performance of the Olympic squad he led to Beijing 2008. Football analysts and fans have also wondered why Bayelsa born Siasia was not deployed to assist Super Eagles coach, Lars Lagerback, at this year’s World Cup. With the vacancy in swasiland open for grabs, there might just be hope for him in the southern tip of Africa.