Clifford Chukwuma

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'''Clifford Chukwuma'''  is a former Nigerian football player and is the current head coach of the SESA Football Academy in India.

Chukwuma's son, Chukwudi Chukwuma, currently plays for FK Teplice of the Czech First League.

==Coaching career==

===Sporting Goa=== Chukwuma managed Sporting Goa in I-League from 2008 to 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=I-League: Three Points Is All We Need – Clifford Chukuwama|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2009/02/26/1128450/i-league-three-points-is-all-we-need-clifford-chukuwama|access-date=22 February 2015|publisher=Goal|date=26 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/football/i-league-sporting-clube-de-goa-sack-gaonkar-308218.html|title=I-League: Sporting Clube De Goa sack Gaonkar|publisher=News18|date=7 February 2009|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922134252/https://www.news18.com/news/football/i-league-sporting-clube-de-goa-sack-gaonkar-308218.html|archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|title=Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/|location=Kolkata|date=13 July 2011|access-date=11 October 2022|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|language=en-US|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918041621/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/}}</ref>

===SESA FA=== After leaving Sporting Goa, Chukwuma became the head coach at the SESA Football Academy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Will Dodsal Mumbai be tested better?|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sci-tech-and-agri/will-dodsal-mumbai-be-tested-better/article3837955.ece|access-date=22 February 2015|work=The Hindu|date=30 August 2012}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519070719/http://www.sesafootball.com/index.php/academy/sirsaim-academy/coaching-team SESA FA profile].

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