Éric Chelle, w’imyaka 47, yatangajwe nk’umutoza mushya wa Nigeria, agahabwa inshingano zo kugarura ibyiringiro muri iki gihugu cy’Afurika y’Iburengerazuba no kugitegura ku buryo cyazitabira igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026 kizabera muri Amerika ya Ruguru.
Uyu mutoza amaze igihe agaragaza ubushobozi mu ruhando mpuzamahanga, aho yagiye ayobora amakipe atandukanye, ariko akagaragarizwa icyizere cyane ubwo yari umutoza mukuru w’ikipe y’igihugu ya Mali mu gihe cy’imyaka ibiri.
Muri ubwo buyobozi bwe, yabashije kuyijyana muri kimwe cya kane cy’irangiza mu gikombe cya Afurika cya 2023, aho batsinzwe na Côte d’Ivoire mu gihe cy’iminota y’inyongera, ariko bagaragaza umukino mwiza.
Chelle yavukiye Abidjan muri Côte d’Ivoire ariko yaje guhagararira Mali mu ruhando rw’umupira w’amaguru mpuzamahanga inshuro eshanu nk’umukinnyi. Mu gihe yari mu kibuga, yagize ibihe byiza mu makipe y’i Burayi, cyane cyane mu Bufaransa, aho yanyuze mu makipe atandukanye ariko agakundirwa cyane mu ikipe ya Lens. Nyuma yo gusezera gukina umupira, yahise yinjira mu butoza, aho yabashije gushinga imizi nk’umutoza w’umwuga wubashywe.
Kugera muri Nigeria nk’umutoza mukuru, Chelle afite inshingano zikomeye zo kuzahura ikipe izwi ku izina rya “Super Eagles,” ikaba yaragize amateka akomeye mu mupira w’amaguru ariko ikaba iheruka kwitabira igikombe cy’isi mu 2018.
Abakunzi b’umupira muri Nigeria bafite icyizere ko ubunararibonye bwa Chelle nk’umutoza mpuzamahanga buzongera guhesha ishema igihugu cyabo.
Uyu mutoza yitezweho kuzamura urwego rw’abakinnyi bakiri bato no gushyiraho uburyo bukomeye bwo guhuza ikipe ku buryo izaba irimo impano nshya n’ubunararibonye bw’abakinnyi bakuze. Yizeye kandi ko azubakira ku byiza byagezweho n’abamubanjirije, ariko akanazana impinduka z’ingenzi zizongera ubushobozi bwo guhangana n’amakipe yo ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
