International Journeyman

Welcome to not only my first every story, but my first ever post.

The aim is to do a journeyman career, but rather than going from club to club, this will be going from different countries and different jobs.

The aim will be to win every major international tournament. I would imagine sackings would happen quickly as International teams tend to be trigger happy if one poor tournament happens.

My manager has started with Professional Football Experience at a Regional Level and top qualifications. Hopefully this will allow me to get a job fairly quickly.

Hope you all enjoy reading as much as I will playing
History

2015 - Nigeria Under 23 - African Under 23 Championship Runners Up
2016 - Gabon
2017 - Gabon - African Nations Runners Up, Qualified for World Cup

Well First job offer that came up for was the Nigeria U23 job. It seemed a good a place as any to start so I took the job.

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First up will be qualifying for the African U23 Championship against Morocco, this is played over two legs. If I get beat there I would imagine this would be a very short reign

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Year -2015 - Nigeria U23

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Friendlies
We played a decent Ivory Coast team who battered us. We played much better against Senegal as we got a solid win.

African Nations Under23 Championship
In the group we began against DR Congo, we played really well as we got a good win. Next up was Ghana we out played them to secure another win. In the last game we played a good Tunisia team, both teams were solid and it ended 0-0

The semi finals were next and a very good Cameroon team, we made them look ordinary as we sealed a trip to the final. In the final we played Tunisia, we couldnt quite get the win as we lost.

My time was now over with this team and I am back looking for a job

Year -2016 - Gabon

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I am chuffed to be given my first senior role as Gabon manager. The main aim will be trying to get into the World Cup, we are in a tough group with Ivory Coast and Morocco, only one goes through as well so may not be our year this year.

Year -2016 - Gabon

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Friendlies
We got decent wins over a poor Sierra Leone and Sudan. We got beaten in a decent display by Ivory Coast who are probably the best team in Africa at the moment. I tried some new tactics in the second game against Sierra Leone and it didnt go to plan.

World Cup Qualifiers
Morocco were first up and they quickly went 2-0 up. We pulled it back in an amazing 2nd half performance. Against Cape Verde I felt we would need a win. Unfortunately it did not come as we were poor in a draw.

Next Season
World Cup Qualification continues, I dont think we will qualify but we need to start performing a little better, I would like to finish 3rd and if possible push for second

Edit
I actually forgot that we host the African Cup Of Nations as well. We have a tough group with Congo, DR Congo and Mali. The board expect nothing other attempt to be competitive.

Year -2017 - Gabon

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Friendlies
It was a really busy year for us, so we only had the one friendly which was a massive win over Eritrea

World Cup Qualifiers
Ivory Coast proved tough opposition as they are a very strong side. We managed to come away with a draw which was great. Cape Verde went ahead of us but we were good enough to pull two back to get the win. Morocco away was tough but we came away with the win which meant that we topped the group with one game left. We got the win over Ivory Coast that we needed which put us into the World Cup. Amazing.

CHAN Qualifying
We beat Chad over two legs. The second leg was disappointing but its enough for us to go through.

African Cup
We hosted the tournament. In the group stage we beat DR Congo and Mali. We were unfortunate not to beat Congo in the last game but it was enough for us to go through as winners. Nigeria were are opponents in the quarter finals. We went two - nil up quickly. They pulled it back to a draw. We picked ourselves up for a late winner. In the semi finals Senegal were against us. We outclassed them and smashed our way to the final. In the final we played Cameroon, it was just one step to far for us as they put us out.

Next Season
What a year. The greatest year in Gabon history. It was fantastic. The World Cup has just been drawn and we will face Bosnia, South Korea and Spain. At best we could possibly get to the 2nd round but I doubt it, I think its more likely that our World Cup campaign will end quickly.

Year -2018 - Gabon

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Friendlies
Two friendlies before the World Cup which I decided to rest most of players and have a play with tactics. In the end it was a little bit of a disappointment.

CHAN
Two decent wins in the group against Mozembique and Kenya, we lost in a very poor game to Kenya. This was enough to put us through. We faced South Africa, they were far to good and knocked us out.

World Cup Qualifiers
We began this campaign against South Korea, we were unreal as we tore them apart, our big player was amazing. I felt we needed to get at least a point against Bosnia, we were close but in the end we couldnt hold onto it and we lost. We faced Spain, I thought we were going to get smashed, but somehow we beat them. We were on the back foot all game and we held on for our most famous win. This meant we were through as group winners, somehow.

In the 2nd round we faced Japan, again we were fantastic as we secured passage into the quarter final. We would face England, in the end it was one trip to far for my brave team. We lost to eventual champions.


Next Season
Well I think my time here has now come to an end. Pierre-Errick Aubameyang has decided to retire from international football, he makes this team. I will be on the look out for somewhere else.