Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead

Nigerian football icon Stephen
Okechukwu Keshi died
suddenly in the early hours of
Wednesday in Benin City, Edo
state, the cable understands.
The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. the cable 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.
Source  :  Sahara Reporters news

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