Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has revealed his ambition to coach a team in the future following rumours that he was once considered as a backroom staffer for the senior national team during the tenure of Jose Peseiro.
Enyeama, who opened up in a chat with Afrik-Foot stated that whatever he is doing now is geared towards becoming a full coach of a team and not just a goalie trainer.
However, Enyeama, who garnered 101 caps before retiring from active football, stated that if he has to be a goalkeeper trainer, it has to be with very young ones in junior teams
“Whatever I am doing now is how to become a full coach of a team and not just a goalie trainer,” He said on Afrik-Foot.
“If I have to be a goalie trainer, then it has to be with very young ones in junior teams because they are the ones you really teach. They are still growing and open to learning new things; these ones, you can easily transmit what you want.
“Some of the established goalkeepers are not so easy to manage because they already have fixed mindsets, kind of. When you are called into the national team, you don’t really coach them but manage them,” he continued.
“That’s why most trainers usually introduce exercises that would keep the goalkeepers very fit, as they are already formed and firm in other areas.
“It will be nice to manage the full team because, as a goalkeeper, you always have a full view of the field and what everyone is doing at any given time,” the 41-year-old added.
“And that’s why most goalies make good coaches, and most midfielders do well too, as we can see in (Pep) Guardiola, (Xabi) Alonso, and Xavi. They were all midfielders.”
