Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former professional football player who played as a winger. and is currently the assistant coach of Nigeria national team. Playing career He played for Zamalek, Sporting CP, Barcelona, and Albacete. Amunike played 27 times for Nigeria, scoring nine goals. He was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, scoring against Bulgaria and Italy; also in that year, he helped the Super Eagles win the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia, eventually being voted African Footballer of the Year. Additionally, Amunike played all the games at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, scoring the winning goal in the final as the national team won the gold medal. Knee problems kept him out of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Managerial career After retiring at the end of 2004, Amuneke moved to Cantabria in 2006, where he lived with his Spanish wife, Fatima, and also was taking his coaching courses. At the same time, he was also coaching some youth teams at SD Reocín. After a spell at Saudi club Al Hazm as an assistant coach, Amuneke took charge of the local Nigerian club Julius Berger F.C. in August 2008. on 23 December 2008, Amuneke took on training duties for some teams in Nigeria, after completing two years of training courses in Europe. In November 2009, he took charge of Ocean Boys. Amunike coached the Nigeria national U17 football team to win the World Cup in 2015. On 6 August 2018, he was appointed as the coach of the Tanzania national football team. He managed to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but he resigned from training the team after losing all three games. In November 2019, he said he was looking for a new job. Amunike was appointed the manager of Egyptian Premier League club, Misr Lel Makkasa SC in February 2021. In March 2021, his role was changed to director of academies. Honours and achievements Player Zamalek Egyptian Premier League: 1991–92, 1992–93 African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1993 CAF Super Cup: 1994 Sporting CP Taça de Portugal: 1994–95 Barcelona Copa del Rey: 1996–97 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations: 1994; runner-up: 2000 Olympic Games: 1996 Individual African Footballer of the Year: 1994 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1996 Manager Nigeria national U17 football team FIFA U-17