I want to help produce future stars- Bunmi Blair
Aformer Nigeria National U-15/U-13 media officer Bunmi Blair yesterday, said he has applied for a vacant coaching position in the Nigeria National U-17 team which was recently advertised by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.
The journalist-cum-football coach who is currently with Nigeria National League team, FC Abuja, said he applied for the job so as to help produce players who are technically, tactically, psychologically and physically sound in line with NFF’s goal of winning the senior FIFA world cup by 2022.
The NFF had recently declared vacancies in the national U-17, U-20 and U-23 coaching positions and urged interested persons with minimum CAF-C certificates to apply.
Bunmi Blair a graduate of Kogi state university Anyagba and also a CAF-B licensed coach said he is interested in the position of assistant coach of the National U-17 team.
“I see this as an opportunity to create a new set of world champions with the quality and specifications demanded of a footballer at the highest level. If we are passionate enough about our vision of reaching the FIFA world cup final by 2022, we must ensure our youth teams are tutored by coaches who are familiar, passionate and ready to learn new tricks involved in youth football development.” Bunmi said.
Bunmi, who celebrated his 34th birthday on August 2nd is well known for his match reading and analytical capabilities and is one of the 30 coaches who recently took part in the STAR/NPFL/Arsenal coaching clinic in Abuja.