These are heart-breaking times for the Nigerian sports community.
The Nigeria Football Federation technical director, Amodu Shuaibu has passed on at the age of 58
Shuaibu was a former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
The NFF announced his death on their official Instagram handle early this morning with comments of mourns on its official page.
His death comes three days after the death of
another former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi.
The four-time coach of the Super Eagles was said to
have complained of chest pains yesterday night,
June 10 and died in his sleep.
The late Amodu has always contributed his quota to
the development of football in Nigeria.
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Under his stewardship, Nigeria qualified for the
2010 World Cup in South Africa but Amodu was
sacked despite the team’s third-place finish at the
2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
It was the second time he had been removed from
his post ahead of a World Cup finals tournament –
Amodu was also fired ahead of the 2002 edition
after Nigeria finished third at the 2002 Nations
Cup in Mali.
The late Amodu was born April 18, 1958 in Edo
State. He managed the Super Eagles between 1998–
1999, 2001–2002 and 2008–2010 and was
brought back briefly last year before his elevation
to head the NFF technical department.
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