Nigerians Mourns Shuaibu Amodu Four Years after his Death
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has paid tribute to former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu who passed away in 2016, The NFF made this on their verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. According to a statement on the social Twitter handle it reads: “On this day 4 years ago, Late Coach Shuaibu Amodu departed this world. We miss you coachie, continue to rest in peace. Thank you for all your contributions to the development of Nigerian Football.”
Shuaibu Amodu died just three days after the death of his former assistant in the Super Eagles Stephen Keshi, Keshi was remembered three days ago Joseph Yobo joined the NFF to mourn the Super Eagles big boss. Shuaibu Amodu in his playing time was a striker and he played for Dumez and Niger Tornadoes in the Nigerian league. His career was cut short because he broke his leg.
The former Super Eagles coach managed a couple of clubs in Nigeria before he was appointed by NFF to coach Nigeria, he coached BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors, and Shooting Stars. He was also was appointed head coach of South African giants Orlando Pirates from 1996 to 1997.
During his time as coach of BCC Lions, he led them to the now-defunct Cup Winners’ Cup, where they beat Tunisian side Club Africain 4-1 on aggregate in the final. He took Shooting Stars to the final of the 1996 CAF Champions League final and lost on penalties to Zamalek after aggregate score ended 3-3.
After the exit of Clemens Westerhof, Amodu was appointed coach of the Super Eagles on 1994 and took the team to the 1995 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (now FIFA Confederations Cup) in Saudi Arabia where they finished fourth. He won two of the Eagles’ 1998 World Cup qualifiers against Burkina Faso and Kenya before he was replaced by Philippe Troussier.
He came back as Eagles coach in 2001 and helped the team qualify for the Korea/Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup, following an unimpressive showing at the 2002 AFCON in Mali where the Eagles finished third, Amodu was sacked. He returned as Eagles coach in 2008 and once again qualified the team for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Once again he was relieved of his duties after he led the team to a third-place finish at the 2010 AFCON in Angola.
