THE  STAFF

The Director: M. Luc LAGOUCHE  

Luc is 35. He was a teacher at French School in Kano from Sept 95 to June 2003.
Then, he was transferred to the French school in Abuja.
He is graduated in Biology at University of Lille 1. 
He has also a certificate of coaching in grassroots level in France.
He is the technical adviser of the club and supervises all the teams.

Our Honorable Member: M. Reuben ONOJA

Reuben is 56. He's been the cook of the director since the beginning.
He is the man from where everything started because he took M. Luc to Badawa at the very first time to visit his family.
As a wise old man, he gives precious advice to all the members.

The Secretary: M. Husseini LABARAN

Husseini is 51. He's a tailor at his own worshop. He also sells sport kits.
After having played a long time, he became a coach for many teams.
He is now more in charge of all administrative work especially the relations with the Nigerian Football Association and the other clubs.

The Senior Coach: M. Abdulaye MEKABA

Abdu is 45. He is a math teacher in the Secondary level as well.
He is a very famous coach in Kano for lifting future young talents from smaller teams to bigger clubs.
Abdu has promoted  the club from Amateur D2 to D1 then to Pro1 with the help of his assistant, Ringo.
He was also a member of the technical crew of the U17 national team in Gambia in 2005.
He is now in charge of  our partner team in Pro,  FC Abuja, since 2006.

His assistant, coach Sani Adamu, a former good player in Kano Pillars, took care of the amateur team in 2006, with the help of Ben Okolie, the Vice Principal of JSS Garki.
 

The Small Junior coach: M. Salisu IBRAHIM

Salisu is 35. He is a carpenter but continues his studies as the same time.
He is assisting Husseini in his administrative work  in Kano.
But his most important mission is to take care of the future stars of Buffalo in the small junior team.

The Driver: M. Mohamed WASILU

Mohamed was the first driver of the club. He later bought his own taxi and decided to fully take care of his new duty now. We wish him good luck!

The Nurse: Misses Florence OGAR

Florence is 36. She is a qualified nurse and has worked in many hospitals before joining the club. She was taking care of all the small medical problems of our members.
She was always praying a lot for the success of Buffalo FC!
 She recently opened her own small chemist in Badawa. We wish her all the best!

The entire staff  of BUFFALO would like to thank M. Jean Michel ROUSSET, the former director of Alliance Française in Kano, for his precious support, especially in the promotion of the club. He was also the initiator of the French courses in Badawa.
We was assisted by his Special Duty Officer, Raymond SIAKA.
They both left Kano but they really marked their prints in the history of the club.

THE PLAYERS

Buffalo Football club includes also more than 80 players in 3 teams, the small juniors, the juniors and the seniors.

If you want to know more about the players of the different teams, Please
click inside the yellow box below:

 PLAYERS  OF  THE 
 DIFFERENT TEAMS

Standing: Reuben, Luc, Husseini, Ringo
Sitting: Salisu, Mohamed

Coach Abdu with AC Cambrai secretary in France (Oct. 2004)

The nurse Florence in front of the dispensary

"Jean Michel Rousset, here with Desmond Tutu"
Grenade Island, 2nd of May 2004. photo: Loic Briand