Fidelis Ilechukwu ya tabbatar da makomar sa ta hanyar sanya hannu kan sabon kwantiragi na shekara ɗaya da Rangers International, ya ƙare duk shakku game da matsayinsa a klabin da ya lashe gasar Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).

Wannan ci gaba yana tabbatar da kwanciyar hankali ga klabin da ke Enugu yayin da suke shirya don kare taken NPFL da shiga gasar CAF Champions League a kakar gaba.

Haɗin gwiwa da ya ƙunshi lakabi

Ilechukwu, wanda yake da shekaru 47, ya shiga Rangers a shekara ta 2023 yana ɗauke da suna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu tsara wasanni mafi wayo a ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya. Tasirin sa ya bayyana nan da nan — Flying Antelopes sun ɗauke taken NPFL na takwas a kakarsa ta farko ta 2023/24.

Sa'an nan ya kai klabin ga taken ƙasar na tara a ranar karshe ta kakar 2025/26, ta hanyar nasara da ci 2-1 a kan Ikorodu City a Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos, ya rufe gasar da irin hakan.

Da wannan sabuntawar, Ilechukwu yana shiga kakarsa ta huɗu a jere a matsayin shugaban klabin — abin da ba kasafai ba a gasar da sauye-sauyen manajoji ke faruwa akai-akai. Ya taɓa koyar da Plateau United da Heartland kafin ya zo Rangers, kuma yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin koci a cikin ma'aikatan fasaha na ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Super Eagles.

Manufofin nahiya

Tarihin Rangers a matakin nahiya yana ba da ƙarin ƙwarin gwiwa kafin kakar gaba. A gasar CAF Champions League ta 2024/25, an fitar da klabin Coal City a zagaye na biyu na farko ta hannun ƙungiyar Angola mai suna Sagrada Esperança, da ci 3-1 a jimillar wasan biyu. Sun ci wasan farko da ci 1-0 a Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, kafin su sha kashi da ci 3-0 a wasan mayar martani a Luanda.

Klabobin Najeriya sun dade ba su kan gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka fiye da shekaru ashirin — Enyimba na kasancewa wanda ya lashe CAF Champions League na ƙarshe daga Najeriya, bayan sun ci gasar a jere a shekara ta 2003 da 2004. Ilechukwu da Rangers na da azmin kawo ƙarshen wannan fari.