Fatai Osho

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Fatai Osho is a Nigerian football manager who is the current head coach of NPFL club Akwa United. [1]

Osho has managed Kogi United, Supreme Court F.C., [2] Rivers United, [3] Enyimba [4] and Remo Stars over the course of his career.


Fatai Osho
Personal information
Place of birth Nigeria
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2015 Remo Stars
2020 - 2021 Enyimba

Managerial career

Fatai Osho was appointed as Remo Stars FC coach in 2018, he guided the team to her first NPFL season, but got relegated after finishing at the bottom of the standing.

Osho guide Remo Stars back to the NPFL immediately after spending one season in the NPFL, he however resigned [5] when Remo Stars appoints former Plateau Kennedy Boboye was appointed as the Technical consultant of Remo Stars [6] [7] and joins Enyimba fc as the assistant coah of the peoples elephant [8] .

He was appointed as the interim coach of Enyimba [9] following Usman Abdallah dismissal. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Akwa Utd Unveil Fatai Osho As New Manager". independent.ng. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Supreme Court FC appoints new technical adviser". Premium Times. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rivers United appoint Fatai Osho as chief coach". The Cable. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Enyimba well prepared for Wednesday's CAF Confederation Cup – Coach". TVC News. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fatai Osho announces shock Remo Stars resignation | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  6. ↑ "Kennedy Boboye unveiled as Remo Stars' new head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  7. ↑ Adedayo, Tolu (2019-01-18). "Remo Stars unveil Kennedy Boboye as their new Technical Adviser". Latest Sports News In Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria League champions Enyimba set to add new coach to technical crew | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  9. ↑ "NPFL: Osho beginning to stamp his philosophy at Enyimba". Vanguard News. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  10. ↑ Amosu, Adeboye (2020-01-06). "Enyimba Sack Abd'allah After 4-O Loss To Plateau United,". Complete Sports. Retrieved 2020-10-14.


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