Former Eagles coach, Bonfrere appointed As New Head Coach of Chinese club Yitong

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria technical adviser, Johannes Bonfrere has been appointed head coach of Chinese League One side Baoding Yingli Yitong as their new head coach on a one-year contract.

The Dutchman had two stints with Nigeria, having managed the Super Eagles from1995 and 1996, and was in charge of Nigeria's U-23 side that won the 1996 Olympics gold.

Jo Bonfrere takes over from Zhao Changhang who was sacked following a string of poor results by the side.

Yitong are currently in the 14th position in the 16 team CL 1 table having recorded two wins from 10 league games this season.

They lost their last game on Sunday, 3-1 against Xinjiang Tianshan.

The former South Korea national team coach once had stints with Chinese sides, Dalian Shide and Henan Jianye.