Henry Nwosu

Henry Nwosu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-06-14) 14 June 1963
Place of birth	Imo State, Nigeria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gateway
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1985	NNB FC	60	(11)
1985–1988	ACB Lagos	–	(–)
1988–1990	ASEC Mimosas	–	(–)
1990–1992	RC Bafoussam	–	(–)
1992–1993	ACB Lagos	–	(–)
International career
1980–1991	Nigeria	60	(8)
Managerial career
1997	Ibom Stars
2008–2009	Nigeria U-17
2009–2013	Union Bank
2013–	Gateway United F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

For the current player, see Henry Nwosu Kanu

Henry Onyemanze Nwosu (born 14 June 1963) is a former Nigerian footballer turned manager.

Career

Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank (NNB) of Benin City and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for ASEC Mimosas FC of Ivory Coast and Racing FC Bafoussam of Cameroon.

International career

A gifted midfielder, Nwosu was the youngest member of Nigeria's victorious 1980 African Nations Cup squad, and scored the only goal for Nigeria at the 1980 Olympics. He also played in the 1982, 1984 and 1988 tournaments, finishing runners up in the latter two, with his last game for Nigeria coming in 1991.

Coaching career

He was an assistant for former Eagles teammate Samson Siasia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where Nigeria won the silver medal. He was an assistant to Onigbinde that took the Super Eagles to 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. On 27 September 2008, Nwosu was appointed as the coach for the Nigerian U-17 team. However he was removed from the post in April 2009 after a string of poor results in preparation for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was hired that August as coach of Union Bank F.C. In October 2013, he was named coach for Abeokuta cllub Gateway United F.C.

External links

• Henry Nwosu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Why I took Union Bank job