Tirana's Emmanuel Egbo becomes 1st African manager to qualify for Champions League

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Tirana's Emmanuel Egbo becomes 1st African manager to qualify for Champions League
  • KF Tirana's win in the 2019/20 Kategoria Superiore, the Albanian top flight, was confirmed after second-placed KS Kukesi lost 1-0 to KF Vllaznia on Sunday.
  • Hence, Emmanuel Egbo has become the first black and first African manager to qualify for the Champions League.
  • The former goalkeeper earned 12 caps for Nigeria between 1999 and 2002.
  • He featured 157 times for Tirana in three years before leaving the club in 2004.
  • Egbo had been Tirana's goalkeeping coach for five years before becoming the club's manager last year.
  • Emmanuel's side will start their run in the 2020/21 CL season in the 2nd round of qualification.
AuthorDen SchepanskyiSourceTribuna.com
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