Ambrose Vanzekin, the previous Flying Eagles goalkeeper, stated his household needed to “beg round to outlive and eat” throughout his spell because the goalkeeper coach at Bendel Insurance coverage FC.
The 38-year-old shared his monetary ordeal in a current video on his Tiktok page.
Vanzekin was appointed because the goalkeeper coach at Insurance coverage in 2021 — a couple of months earlier than the membership gained promotion to the Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL).
The goalkeeper coach stated he was paid “N75,000 month-to-month,” and the wage “was not even adequate for transport prices”.
Vanzekin added that he “begged for money from individuals to attend coaching classes” and “owed individuals throughout my neighborhood”.
He stated after his remuneration was elevated, “transportation charges consumed nearly all the pieces,” and “I needed to trek lengthy distances at instances to make coaching classes”.
“Throughout my first three years as Bendel Insurance coverage’s goalkeeper coach, I used to be paid N75,000 month-to-month. A complete me, Ambrose Vanzekin, any individual that went to the Olympics and introduced silver medal again to Nigeria. I made Nigeria proud. I used to be paid an quantity lower than $100 for 3 years,” Vanzekin stated.
“I struggled for one 12 months, and I struggled once more the second 12 months. I used to be unable to finish my coaching classes with the workforce due to my struggles. The wage was not even adequate for transport prices. Earlier than one or two weeks, I might not attend coaching once more. I cherished the job and needed to go, however there was no cash.
“Generally, I begged for money from individuals to attend coaching classes. I owed individuals throughout my neighborhood.
“After the federal government scrapped the administration of Bendel Insurance coverage over a disagreement between the governor and his deputy, my wage was elevated to N260,000. However nonetheless, nothing goes effective. Transportation charges consumed nearly all the pieces. I needed to trek lengthy distances at instances to make coaching classes.
“I used to spend N2000 day by day on transport. I don’t even know the way my household eat. They only beg round in order that we will survive and eat.”
Vanzekin added that he had resigned from the job, saying the membership administration handled him “unfairly”.
Vanzekin was the goalkeeper of the Flying Eagles workforce that received silver on the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup within the Netherlands.
The workforce, which comprised Mikel Obi, Chinedu Ogbuke and Ambrose Efe, misplaced to a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina within the ultimate.
Vanzekin was additionally the goalkeeper when Nigeria received the silver medal within the males’s soccer occasion on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
