Former Nigerian Senior Soccer team, Super Eagles' Coach, Stephen Keshi is dead. He died this Wednesday morning at his hometown in Edo State Nigeria.
The news of his demise comes as a surprise as he was never reported ill at any time.
The late Stephen Keshi is a remarkable name in African soccer, as he left some marks on the continent's soccer history. Nicknamed the "Big Boss, Stephen Keshi led the Nigerian Golden Eagles squad to one of the most outstanding soccer fiestas Nigeria has ever participated in, the US 1994 World Cup, which was a display that surprised the World. As a result of which he earned the nickname.
After his retirement from playing profession soccer, he never left the soccer world as he led three countries to major soccer events as coach. He Nigeria at the 2013 African Nations Cup, he won the cup becoming the second person after Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary to win the cup both as a player and a coach. He also took Mali to African Nations Cup in 2010.
Besides taking Nigeria to the Nations Cup as a Coach, he also helped Nigeria and Togo qualify for the World Cup in 2014 and 2006 respectively. This feat also earned him another record of being the first African coach to lead two African teams to qualify for the World Cup.
The former Nigerian senior team captain lost his wife last year to death after her long battle with cancer.
"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 close source to the family told TheCable.
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The late Stephen Keshi is a remarkable name in African soccer, as he left some marks on the continent's soccer history. Nicknamed the "Big Boss, Stephen Keshi led the Nigerian Golden Eagles squad to one of the most outstanding soccer fiestas Nigeria has ever participated in, the US 1994 World Cup, which was a display that surprised the World. As a result of which he earned the nickname.
After his retirement from playing profession soccer, he never left the soccer world as he led three countries to major soccer events as coach. He Nigeria at the 2013 African Nations Cup, he won the cup becoming the second person after Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary to win the cup both as a player and a coach. He also took Mali to African Nations Cup in 2010.
Besides taking Nigeria to the Nations Cup as a Coach, he also helped Nigeria and Togo qualify for the World Cup in 2014 and 2006 respectively. This feat also earned him another record of being the first African coach to lead two African teams to qualify for the World Cup.
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