Kelechi Nwakali has presented two signed jerseys to the two sons of former Super Eagles and FC Barcelona winger and Eagles coach, Emmanuel Amunike.
The Super Eagles and Ponferradina midfielder, Kelechi Nwakali on Sunday shared photos of two of Amunike’s sons Joseph Amunike, Matthew Amunike and himself holding up signed jerseys on his official social media page.
In the photos excited Kelechi Nwakali shared a few words while also tagging their father for the good job done with the kids.
Nwakali who was part of the Ponferradina team that drew 1-1 away to Racing on Sunday 23rd October 2022, presented the number 11 shirts to the visibly excited Amunike boys.
The Man Amunike:
Amunike as a footballer enjoyed a couple of successful spells for both club and country. He played for a couple of top European team clubs, including Zamalek, Sporting CP, Barcelona, and Albacete.
At Zamalek, he scored a total of 26 goals out of 71 appearances in a spell that lasted three years.
In sporting CP, he played for two years but could only manage 17 goals in 51 appearances.
After a lukewarm last season with sports, he transferred to Barcelona, and in the four years he spent with the Catalans, he could only manage 19 appearances and scored just one goal.
He then pushed for a transfer to Albacete in 2000. He spent two years with Albacete, had 17 appearances, and scored only one goal.
For the National team, Amunike featured 27 times for Nigeria and scored nine goals.
He participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States and scored against Bulgaria and Italy. He was part of those who won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was eventually voted African Footballer. He also won Gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Managerial Career
After retiring from playing football in 2004, Emmanuel Amunike moved to Cantabria and began taking professional coaching courses.
Two years after, he got his first coaching responsibility with the youth team of S.D Reocin.
From there, he became the assistant coach of Saudi Club Al Hazm and, after a short spell with Al-Hazim, returned to Nigeria and managed several home-based clubs.
In November 2009, he was coaching the ocean boys, which is a local club in Nigeria.
He was also the head coach of the Nigeria under-17 team, which he guided to win the U-17 World Cup in 2015.
In August 2018, he was signed as Julius Berger FC head coach in Nigeria.
That same year, he was made the coach of the Tanzanian national football team.
Although he helped the team qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of the nation, he resigned after the team lost all three games.