Coach of FC Ifeanyi Ubah Rafael Matheus Everton who led them to win the club's first major trophy by defeating Nasarawa United to win the Federation Cup and also finish 4th in the just concluded Nigeria Professional League table has unexpectedly quit the club. After retiring from active football, Lira started his coaching courses and was once a classmate of Atletico Madrid coach, Diego Simeone. The 27-year-old who is the youngest coach to coach a Nigeria club and win the Federation Cup took to his Facebook page to write
FC Ifeanyi Ubah defeated Nasarawa United 5-4 on penalties to win the 2016 Nigeria Federation Cup after a goalless draw in full time in the Teslim Balogun Stadium. Olamilekan Aniyikaye smashed in the decisive kick to win it for FC Ifeanyi Ubah.
The two teams were gunning for their first-ever major trophy in their history but it was the
FC Ifeanyi Ubah's Coach, Everton Matheus Rafael is one of the youngest and foreign coaches in the Nigeria Professional Football League. His style of play and instilling team spirit amongst players is simply amazing as he can be seen in the picture above swimming
