"Come with a different mentality when invited to the national team" - Yobo to NPFL players

Joseph Yobo. A Nigerian former professional footballer. He played as a central defender, captained the Super Eagles of Nigeria until his retirement from international football in 2014. Yobo represented Nigeria at three FIFA World Cups and six Africa Cup Of Nations tournaments. After a brief meeting in Abuja, Yobo was appointed assistant coach of the Super Eagles in February 2020 by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to replace Imama Amapakabo

Super Eagles assistant coach, Joseph Yobo has urged Nigeria professional football league players to grab their chances with both hands when they eventually earn invitations to the Super Eagles.


There have been calls from some fans that the home-based players merited a place in the Super Eagles, but only 23 of them have been invited by Gernot Rohr since he was hired in 2016.

Yobo who spoke to brila.net: “But to say do we have good players? Absolute yes. Do we have players that can come true and fit into the national team? Yes.

“These players that are good should come with a different mentality when they are invited to the national team – to the Super Eagles because it is different,” Yobo told brila.net.

Yobo replaced Imama Amapakabo as the assistant coach of the Super Eagles.