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By Our Correspondent

Ahead of Saturday’s kick-off of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning coach, Emmanuel Amunike has been appointed into the CAF Technical Study Group (TSG) for the tournament

The 2021 edition of the competition will hold in Morocco between March 13 and 31.

This is the second successive time the FIFA U17 World Cup-winning coach of the Golden Eaglets will serve in that capacity with the continental soccer ruling body after holding brief at the last edition held in Tanzania.

“It’s an African call and opportunity to serve the continent,” noted Amuneke, who equally served as a member of FIFA’s TSG at Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.

“Personally, it’s also an opportunity for me to learn from my colleagues on the TSG and it’s an experience I’m looking forward to.”

Meanwhile, Amuneke said more Nigerian coaches stands the opportunity of working anywhere in the world by enlisting on the innovative soccer scouting and marketing application, Al Haddaf.

The former Barcelona winger, who was recently named as Al Haddaf’s global brand ambassador, surmised Nigerian coaches desirous of working abroad stands a better chance of being exposed to the world.

“As you know, the world is more like a global village but even in the global community, you have to let people know what you are capable of doing and this is what you stand to gain by enlisting on Al Haddaf,” explained Amuneke, who took Tanzania to the 2019 AFCON in Egypt.

Al Haddaf was designed in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic so that both players and coaches can register on its platform for scouting by clubs across Europe and other parts of the world.

“Very soon, the scouting application will be accessible to everybody all over the world and I can only implore our coaches and players to embrace this opportunity because it will give them maximum exposure to the rest of the world.”

Amunike coached the Nigeria national U-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets to win the World Cup in 2015.

On 6 August 2018, he was appointed as the coach of the Tanzania national football team