Igboists Forum - Nigerian Online Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Announcements

Stephen Keshi the Nigerian Former Super Eagle's Coach is dead.

View previous topic View next topic Go down

Godfather
Godfather
Lv2: Member
Lv2: Member
Time Online : 52d 8h 17m 28s
State : Enugu
My Club My Club : Manchester City
Posts : 88 Posts Liked : 46

PostGodfather Wed 08 Jun 2016, 5:29 am

Nigerian football icon stephen
Okechukwu keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable understands.

The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer.

TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of his close associates.

“He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend
said.

He is survived by four children and his mother.
keshi, the only Nigerian coach to have won the Africa Cup of Nations, achieved a rare feat in 2013 by becoming only the
second person to win the trophy both as a player and a coach.

The only other person to have achieved the feat is Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary. keshi, a product of St. Finbarr’s College,
Akoka, Lagos, started his playing career at a very young age at ACB Football Club, and later played for New Nigeria Bank, Stade
d’Abidjan, Africa Sports, Lokeren,
Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg, and a host of other clubs.

He represented Nigeria from 1982, at age 20, till 1994, most of the time captaining the Super Eagles and scoring vital goals from his position as a central defender.

He also coached Togo and Nigeria at the World Cup, as well as Mali.
keshi, nicknamed the “Big Boss” for his leadership skills, is the fifth member of the all-conquering 1994 team to die, following Uche Okafor, Thompson Oliha, Rashidi Yekini and Wilfred Agbonavbare.


Last edited by Godfather on Wed 08 Jun 2016, 5:42 am; edited 2 times in total
Xavison
Xavison
Lv2: Member
Lv2: Member
Time Online : 12h 23m 16s
My Club My Club : Barcelona
Posts : 73 Posts Liked : 17

PostXavison Wed 08 Jun 2016, 5:34 am

This is bad news. Vry bad one sad
Godfather
Godfather
Lv2: Member
Lv2: Member
Time Online : 52d 8h 17m 28s
State : Enugu
My Club My Club : Manchester City
Posts : 88 Posts Liked : 46

PostGodfather Wed 08 Jun 2016, 5:47 am

Xavison wrote:This is bad news. Vry bad one sad

Really bad news bro. The problem be sey he dey fit no illness, just died like that.
Dongreat
Dongreat
Moderator
Moderator
Time Online : 10h 53m 59s
My Club My Club : Liverpool
Posts : 76 Posts Liked : 41

PostDongreat Wed 08 Jun 2016, 6:44 am

What a great lost
Godfather
Godfather
Lv2: Member
Lv2: Member
Time Online : 52d 8h 17m 28s
State : Enugu
My Club My Club : Manchester City
Posts : 88 Posts Liked : 46

PostGodfather Wed 08 Jun 2016, 7:07 am

I dey hate this kinda news.
Sponsored content

PostSponsored content

View previous topic View next topic Back to top

Create an account or log in to leave a reply

You need to be a member in order to leave a reply.

Create an account

Join our community by creating a new account. It's easy!


Create a new account

Log in

Already have an account? No problem, log in here.


Log in

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum