Elite Pioneer Members

Pioneer Elite Members

EMMANUEL AMUNIKE

Current Role: Technical Director, Misr Lel Makhasa, Egypt

Former Player: Nigeria national team – 1993-2001

Zamalek FC, Egypt

Sporting Lisbon, Portugal

FC Barcelona, Spain

Albacete, Spain

Coaching pedigree:

Nigeria U17 National Team – U17 World Cup winner 2015

Al Khartoum SC, Sudan

Tanzania National Team – Qualified for and took part in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Fully licensed football coach

SEYI OLOFINJANA

Current Role: Loans Manager, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, England

Former Player: Nigeria national team – 2000-2011

SK Brann Norway

Premier League pedigree:

Wolverhampton Wanderers, England

Stoke City, England

Hull City, England

Cardiff City, Wales

UEFA Licensed coach

JOHN KEISTER

Current Role: Head Coach, Sierra Leone National Team

Former Player – Sierra Leone National Team

Former Player
Walsall FC, England

Chester City, England

Shrewsbury Town, England

Stevenage Borough FC, England

Dover Athletic FC, England

Margate FC, England

Fully licensed football coach

JACQUELINE SHIPANGA

Current Role: Head Coach, Namibia women’s national teams (U17, U20 and senior national teams

Founder and Owner, Jacqui Shipanga Academy (winners of the Namibian Women’s Super League)

Member: FIFA Technical Study Group on Women’s football

Fully licensed coach with international pedigree

JAMES DEBBAH

Former head coach, Liberia National Team

Former Player – Liberia National Team (1988-2018 – 72 caps)

Club Career

Union Douala, Cameroon

Olumpique Ates, France

AS Monaco, France

Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon), France

Nice, France

Anderlecht FC, Belgium

Paris Saint-Germain, France

Ankaragucu FC, Turkey

Iraklis FC, Macedonia

Al Jazira FC Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al Muharraq FC, Bahrain

PKT Bontang FC, Indonesia

Persiraj Raja Ampat FC, Indonesia

Well travelled with a full license coaching pedigree

JACOB ‘GHOST’ MULEE

Current Role: Head Coach, Harambee Stars (Kenya National Team)

Coaching experience:

Five times as national coach of Kenya

Also coached

Tusker FC, Kenya

APR FC, Rwanda

Young Africans FC (Yanga), Tanzania

Fully licensed football coach

JOHN KEISTER

Former Coach, Ghana U20 National Team, Sierra Leone National Team

Former Player

Club history

Accra Hearts of Oak, Ghana

ACB FC, Lagos Nigeria

Julius Berger FC, Nigeria

Bendel United, Nigeria

Iwuanyawu National FC, Nigeria

Coaching history

Liberty Professionals FC, Ghana

Ghana U17 National Team

Ghana U23 National Team

Ghana Senior National Team (Black Stars)

Ghana U20 National Team (Winner of U20 FIFA World Cup in 2009)

Rwanda National Team

Sierra Leone National Team

Licensed football coach, mentor to many, groomed many young Ghana players

CARL IKEME

Former Nigerian international Goalkeeper

Playing history

Former Goalkeeper, Nigeria National Team

Former Goalkeeper, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England

Aspiring goalkeepers trainer and talent scout