Expdonaloaded sports news.. NFF excited with new NIKE partnership

The Nigeria Football Federation yesterday signed a kit sponsorship deal with world’s leading sports kits brand, NIKE, with president of the federation, Amaju Pinnick, expressing confidence that the new partnership would open more doors of sponsorship opportunities for Nigeria football.
Pinnick who led a strong team of executive members of the federation and head coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, to London for the contract signing formalities,   also predicted that the new partnership would attract more glorious moments for Nigeria football in the coming years than during NIKE’s first partnership with the NFF between 1994 and 2003.

“The NFF is happy to come into partnership with a leading global brand like NIKE. We are in good company and I am thoroughly convinced that this agreement is the beginning of good and great things to happen to Nigeria football with regards to sponsorship deals,” the NFF boss remarked.
“During the era of our first partnership with NIKE, Nigeria won her first-ever Olympics football gold (1996) and reached the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup (1998). But I have no doubts whatsoever that this second coming of NIKE into Nigeria football will bring even more joyous moments with plenty of laurels for the National Teams,” he went on..post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
“Nigeria football has excellent potential all around and a top global brand like NIKE will help to spur the processes that the present NFF administration has put in place to drive our game to the next level,” Pinnick predicted.
He commended the efforts of the Federation’s FIFA Match Agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodata Sports, in sealing the contract.
“We appreciate the hard work that Mr. Pachon and his Eurodata Sports are making in the interest of Nigeria football. They are good working partners and their contributions are invaluable.”
NIKE was represented by Tina Salminen, the company’s Africa Football Sports Marketing Director.
American company NIKE also kits the world’s leading football teams including five-time world champions Brazil, France (1998 world champions), England (world champions in 1966), Netherlands (World Cup runners-up in 1974, 1978 and 2010, and bronze medallists at last year’s finals in Brazil), Portugal (third place finishers at 1966 World Cup), Korea Republic, USA and Australia.