The Nigerian
Football Federation, NFF, on Saturday, announced the death of its Technical Director, Shaibu Amodu. The four-time coach of the Super Eagles died in his
sleep after complaining of chest pains on Friday night.
He died,
aged 58. Amodu’s death came three days after the death of former Super Eagles
captain and coach, Stephen Keshi.
Vanguard captures below key things you need to know about Amodu.
1. Amodu was
born 18 April, 1958 in Edo State.
2.Amodu, a striker, played for Dumez and Niger
Tornadoes. His playing career ended after he broke his leg.
Coaching career
3. Amodu has managed a number of club sides in the past both in Nigeria and
overseas. They include: Shooting Stars, BCC Lions, El Kanemi Warriors,
Sharks F.C and Orlando Pirates of South Africa.
4. He first managed the Nigerian
national team from April 2001 to February 2002, where he led Nigeria to the
AFCON bronze medal at Mali 2002. He was later dismissed after the AFCON
tournament.
5. Amodu later stated that his dismissal was “unfair”, and also said
that, a month later, he had yet to receive a formal letter confirming his
dismissal.
6. 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 in Angola.
7. He was demoted to
serve as the coach of the Nigerian home-based Eagles.
8. Amodu was appointed
technical director of Nigeria’s national teams in May 2013.
9. He was named
Technical Director of Bendel Insurance F.C in November 2013.
10. He was
re-appointed Nigeria manager in October 2014, replacing Stephen Keshi. It was
his fourth spell in charge of the country.
11. Keshi returned to the role two
weeks later but was fired in July 2015 and Amodu took over the Eagles again
temporarily.
12. He was replaced by Sunday Oliseh on a permanent basis later that
month.
13. Following the resignation of Sunday Oliseh, the NFF again, appointed
Amodu as the new interim coach of the national team. The new coaching crew
alongside Amodu was made up of Salisu Ibrahim, Alloy Agu, Imama Amakapabo and
Kennedy Boboye.
14. Amodu’s other accomplishments include Nigerian FA Cup titles
with BCC Lions of Gboko and El Kanemi Warriors on multiple occasions.
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