Legendary Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has revealed his dream of becoming a coach.
Despite his below-average height for a goalkeeper, the 1,80-meter tall Enyeama is widely regarded as one of the greatest African goalkeepers of all time.
With 101 caps, the former Lille OSC and Enyimba star was Nigerias most-capped player until November 2021 when he was surpassed by Ahmed Musa.
Whatever I am doing now is how to become a full coach of a team, and not just goalies trainer, Enyeama said on Afrik-Foot .
If I have to be a goalies 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 dont really coach them but manage them, he continued.
Thats why most trainers usually introduce exercises that would keep the goalkeepers very fit as they already are 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 thats why most goalies make good coaches and most midfielders do well too as we can see in (Pep) Guardiola, (Xabi) Alonso, Xavi. They were all midfielders.
Enyeama is a businessman and he serves as the chairman of the luxurious Vinpy Hotels in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
