Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles goalkeeper and captain Vincent Enyeama has explained the reason he doesn’t want to be a trainer.
The lanky goalkeeper started his professional career with Ibom Stars before joining Enyimba International where he became a household name.
While speaking with Afrik-foot, Enyeama said he preferred to be a full-time coach than a goalkeeper trainer.
“Whatever I am doing now is how to become a full coach of a team, and not just goalies trainer.
“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 don’t really coach them but manage them.
“That’s 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.
“And that’s 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”, he said.
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