Just three days after former Eagles great coach Stephen Keshi died, another former coach and current Technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation has died.
Amodu Shuaibu has died at the age of 58 according to the Nigerian Football Federation.
The four – time Coach of the Super Eagles complained of chest pains on Friday
night and died in his sleep.
Amodu was born 18 April, 1958 in Edo State.
– Before his latest appointment, Amodu had managed Nigeria three different
occasions: 1998–1999, 2001–2002 and 2008–2010
– He was appointed Head Coach of the Nigerian national side in April 2008, and
was sacked on 6 February 2010 despite reaching third place with the national
side in the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
– He was demoted to serve as the coach of the Nigerian home-based Eagles.
– Amodu led Nigeria to the AFCON bronze medal at Mali 2002 and Angola
2010.
– Other accomplishments include Nigerian FA Cup titles with BCC Lions of
Gboko and El Kanemi Warriors on multiple occasions.
– He was appointed technical director of Nigeria’s national teams in May 2013.
– In November he was named Technical Director of Bendel Insurance F.C.
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