4. First African coach to successfully qualify two African nations (Nigeria and Togo) to the World Cup Finals
The Big Boss led the Togolese national football team to an unprecedented qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Having secured Togo’s unlikely qualification, he was promptly replaced by German coach Otto Pfister prior to the World Cup finals, after Togo showed a dismal performance and failed to advance to the knock-out stage in 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
There was also a reported row with the Hawks captain Emmanuel Adebayor.
