Peter Ijeh Appointed As Manager of Swedish Club

  Peter Ijeh Appointed As Manager of Swedish Club By Niyi Busari Former Super Eagles striker, Peter Ijeh has been appointed as the manager of Swedish League second Division side, Vårgårda IK, BSNSports.com.ng can report. The former highest goal scorer in the Swedish League with 24 goals in 2002 was unveiled on Tuesday and posted it on his official Facebook wall. He wrote: "Took over today as the Manager/ Technical Adviser Vårgårda IK Div2 Sweden. #ItsGameOn #InGodWeTrust" After playing for clubs like NiTel United Lagos and won the highest goal scorer award with Julius Berger FC in the Nigerian Premier League, Ijeh joined Swedish club Malmö FF in 2001. He emerged the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2002 with 24 goals. In 2003, he suffered a leg injury that kept him out of most of the season, but he still managed to come back strongly and finished with 10 goals. In late 2003, he was transferred to IFK Göteborg on a free transfer in a highly controversial affair as the club's big name signing for its 100th anniversary and Göteborg finished third. In 2005 Ijeh moved to Danish club FC Copenhagen and won the league title in 2005/06 season. He scored 119 goals in 254 appearances in his club career. Before Ijeh was named the Swedish Club manager, another former Nigeria goalkeeper, Ndubuisi Egbo was the first African to win a league title with an European club. He won the Albanian League with FK Tirana in 2019/2020 season.