10 Facts About Clemens Westerhof

Clemens Westerhof is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team.

Clemens Westerhof began his career as an assistant coach in Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Clemens Westerhof has coached Vitesse Arnhem, the Zimbabwean national team, the Sporting Lions of Zimbabwe's Premier League, and the Bush Bucks and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa's Premier Soccer League.

In late 1989, Clemens Westerhof was signed by the Nigerian Football Association to coach the national team.

Clemens Westerhof is credited with turning Nigeria into a perennial powerhouse in African football and showing that they, and other African nations, can compete on the world stage.

Clemens Westerhof is responsible for what could be described as a "golden" period in Nigerian football.

Clemens Westerhof sued the South African Football Association in 2000 over an alleged breach of contract, claiming they had picked him to coach that country's national team.

Clemens Westerhof was eventually passed over for the position and it was given to Carlos Queiroz.

Clemens Westerhof was married to Zimbabwean model Tendayi Clemens Westerhof ; however, their marriage ended in a much-publicised divorce in 2002 in her home country that resulted in his being forced to leave to South Africa as his work permit had expired in Zimbabwe.

In 2005, as Nigeria's national team searched for a manager to help them qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Clemens Westerhof was named as one of the candidates for the job.