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{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Amokachi
| full_name = Daniel Owefin Amokachi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]], Nigeria
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1989–1990
| clubs1 = [[Ranchers Bees F.C.|Ranchers Bees]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1990–1994
| clubs2 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
| caps2 = 81
| goals2 = 35
| years3 = 1994–1996
| clubs3 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| caps3 = 43
| goals3 = 10
| years4 = 1996–2000
| clubs4 = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
| caps4 = 77
| goals4 = 18
| totalcaps = 201
| totalgoals = 63
| nationalyears1 = 1990–1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 44
| nationalgoals1 = 13
| manageryears1 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs1 = [[Nasarawa United F.C.|Nasarawa United]]
| manageryears2 = 2007
| managerclubs2 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2008
| managerclubs3 = [[Enyimba International F.C.|Enyimba]]
| manageryears4 = 2008–2014
| managerclubs4 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs5 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] (interim)
| manageryears6 = 2015
| managerclubs6 = [[Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.|Ifeanyi Ubah]]
| manageryears7 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs7 = [[JS Hercules]]
| manageryears8 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs8 = [[JS Hercules]] (technical director)
| manageryears9 = 2020–
| managerclubs9 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] (football ambassador)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{NGA}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
}}

'''Daniel Owefin Amokachi''' ({{Audio|Yo-Daniel Owefin Amokachi.ogg|listen|help=no}}; born 30 December 1972) is a Nigerian [[association football|football]] manager and former professional player.

As a player he was a [[forward (association football)|forward]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and was part of their 1995 [[FA Cup]] winning team, he also played top flight football in both Belgium and Turkey with extended spells at [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] and [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]. Whilst with Brugge in 1992 he scored the club's first goal in the [[UEFA Champions League]]. He also had a brief spell with [[Ranchers Bees]], [[Colorado Rapids]] and [[Nasarawa United F.C.|Nasarawa United]]. He was capped 44 times by [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], scoring 13 goals. His spell in international football saw him win the [[African Cup of Nations]] in 1994 and a gold medal at the [[1996 Olympics]]. He was also present in his nations squads for [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].

Upon retiring, Amokachi moved into coaching and has spent time as manager of Nasarawa United, [[Enyimba International F.C.|Enyimba]], [[Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.|Ifeanyi Ubah]] and [[JS Hercules]]. He has also spent two spells as assistant coach of Nigeria, as well as managing his nation in an interim basis from 2014 to 2015.

==Club career==
Amokachi, nicknamed "The Bull",<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1245955.stm |title=Amokachi just wants a club |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2001 |access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> was discovered while playing for Ranchers Bees by Nigerian national team coach [[Clemens Westerhof]], who brought the talented player to the [[1990 African Nations Cup]], and soon Amokachi moved to play for [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] in Belgium.<ref name="bbc"/> He competed in the new format of the Champions League, and became the first player to score in the competition, after his goal secured a 1–0 win in the opening match in the group stage against [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. Performing well in Belgium and at the 1994 World Cup,<ref name="bbc"/> [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] became interested in Amokachi and their manager [[Mike Walker (Welsh footballer)|Mike Walker]] signed him for a fee of £3&nbsp;million ($4.7&nbsp;million).<ref name=ode/><ref name=sky/>

He went on to win the [[FA Cup]] with [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in 1995, scoring two goals in the semi-final against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]<ref name="bbc"/> after 'substituting himself' into the match while [[Paul Rideout]] was receiving treatment (the manager [[Joe Royle]] had only instructed him to warm up in preparation for possibly coming on).<ref name=everton>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/players/d/da/daniel-amokachi|title=Daniel Amokachi|publisher=[[Everton F.C.]]|date=30 March 2001|access-date=20 January 2019|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001659/http://www.evertonfc.com/players/d/da/daniel-amokachi|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/43810623|title=The strangest substitution ever? |work=BBC Sport|date=19 April 2018|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=sky>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/10958656/daniel-amokachi-interview-former-everton-man-happy-to-come-home|title=Daniel Amokachi interview: Former Everton man happy to come home |author=Adam Bate |publisher=[[Sky Sports]]|date=24 July 2017|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=ode>{{cite web|url=https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/ode-daniel-amokachi-everton-cult-hero-best-sub-never-made/|title=An ode to Daniel Amokachi, Everton cult hero and the best sub never made |website=Planet Football|author=Aanu Adeoye|date=7 November 2017|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref> He appeared in [[1995 FA Cup Final|the final]] only briefly, late on, again as a substitute but is remembered fondly for his beret-wearing celebrations afterwards.<ref name=ode/><ref name=sky/>

He remained at Everton until the end of the [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96 season]], when he was transferred to [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]] of Turkey for a fee of £1.75&nbsp;million. He had failed to make the impact at [[Goodison Park]] that many fans had been hoping for,<ref name=ode/> and had been unable to win a regular place in the first team, as Rideout and [[Duncan Ferguson]] were firmly established as Everton's two strikers at that stage. He did, however, stand in for Ferguson while he spent six weeks in prison during the autumn of 1995 for an offence committed in [[Scotland]] 18 months earlier.

After leaving Beşiktaş in 1999, his playing career more or less ended. He signed with [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]], but the contract was cancelled after he failed a medical test. In turn he was rejected by [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] for the same reason.<ref name="bbc"/> Amokachi trained with French second division side [[US Créteil]],<ref name="bbc"/> but the deal was hampered by injuries. American [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] team [[Colorado Rapids]] signed him in 2002, but seeing he was not fit enough they released him before a single match was played. He went to play in the [[United Arab Emirates]], but was denied again due to his medical condition.

==International career==
He played many international matches for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and was part of the team that participated in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]<ref name=sky/> and won the [[1994 African Nations Cup]]. He also helped win the Olympic championship in [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], scoring in the final against Argentina.<ref name="bbc"/>

Amokachi sustained an injury just ahead of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, played one match at the tournament, but struggled with knee problems thereafter.<ref name=ode/>

==Managerial career==
Amokachi managed Nigerian club [[Nasarawa United F.C.|Nasarawa United]] and later [[Enyimba Aba]]. In April 2007, he quit his role as assistant coach of the [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria national team]]. On 10 April 2008, Amokachi was re-appointed to Nigeria's national team, the Super Eagles, as assistant coach to [[Shuaibu Amodu]], and then as assistant to [[Stephen Keshi]].

In 2015, Amokachi managed [[Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.|Ifeanyi Ubah]], resigning after five weeks in the post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34281451|title=Daniel Amokachi quits as FC IfeanyiUbah coach after five weeks|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 September 2015|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> In January 2016, he was named as manager of [[JS Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4102/transfer-zone/2016/01/21/19559152/daniel-amokachi-appointed-js-hercules-manager|title=Daniel Amokachi appointed JS Hercules manager {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> On 4 February 2020, Amokachi was named as Nigeria’s football ambassador by the President, Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (retd).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/sport/football/buhari-names-amokachi-football-ambassador/ar-BBZF9wU?li=AAIdK1J|title=Buhari names Amokachi football ambassador|website=www.msn.com|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Amokachi is married to a Tunisian woman and has twin sons named Kalim and Nazim, both of whom are currently in the Besiktas youth academy. He also has a daughter named Raya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigeria And Tunisia In Tug Of War Over International Future Of Amokachi Twins|url=http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/12/17/nigeria-and-tunisia-in-tug-of-war-over-international-future-of-amokachi-twins/|date=17 December 2016|access-date=16 November 2017|website=owngoalnigeria.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{NFT player|13862|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
|1990–91
|rowspan="5"|[[Belgian First Division]]
|3||0||||||colspan="2"|—||0||0|||||||3||0
|-
|1991–92
|26||12||||||colspan="2"|—||6||1||||||32||13
|-
|1992–93
|23||9||||||colspan="2"|—||6||1||||||29||10
|-
|1993–94
|28||14||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||||28||14
|-
|1994–95
|1||0||||||colspan="2"|—||0||0||||||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!81!!35!!!!!!colspan="2"|—!!12!!2!!!!!!93!!37
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|[[1994–95 Everton F.C. season|1994–95]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Premier League]]
|18||4||2||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||6
|-
|[[1995–96 Everton F.C. season|1995–96]]
|25||6||3||1||1||0||3||1||0||0||32||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!43!!10!!5!!3!!3!!0!!3!!1!!0!!0!!54!!14
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
|1996–97
|rowspan="3"|[[Süper Lig|1. Lig]]
|30||7||5||1||colspan="2"|—||8||2||0||0||43||10
|-
|1997–98
|27||7||7||2||colspan="2"|—||7||1||1||1||42||11
|-
|1998–99
|20||4||5||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||0||0||27||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!77!!18!!17!!3!!colspan="2"|—!!17!!3!!1!!1!!112!!25
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!201!!63!!22!!6!!3!!0!!32!!6!!1!!1!!259!!76
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|1990||6||1
|-
|1991||4||1
|-
|1992||1||1
|-
|1993||5||2
|-
|1994||12||2
|-
|1995||5||2
|-
|1996||1||2
|-
|1997||5||2
|-
|1998||4||0
|-
|1999||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!44!!13
|}

:''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Amokachi goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Daniel Amokachi<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/amokachi-intlg.html/ Daniel Owefin Amokachi - Goals in International Matches] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803081940/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/amokachi-intlg.html |date=3 August 2014 }}.</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 18 August 1990 || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || {{fb|TOG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[1992 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 27 April 1991 || Lagos, Nigeria || {{fb|BEN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 29 August 1992 || Lagos, Nigeria || {{fb|UGA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[1994 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 13 July 1993 || Lagos, Nigeria || {{fb|ALG}} || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 25 September 1993 || Lagos, Nigeria || {{fb|CIV}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 21 June 1994 || [[Dallas]], United States || {{fb|BUL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup Group D|1994 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 30 June 1994 || [[Boston]], United States || {{fb|GRE}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 1994 FIFA World Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 6 January 1995 || [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|JPN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[1995 King Fahd Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 13 January 1995 || Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 {{aet}} || 1995 King Fahd Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || rowspan="2"|9 November 1996 || rowspan="2"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BFA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || rowspan="2"|5 April 1997 || rowspan="2"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|}

==Honours==
'''Everton'''
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1994–95 FA Cup|1994–95]]
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1995 FA Charity Shield|1995]]

'''Beşiktaş'''
*[[Turkish Cup]]: {{ill|1997–98|tr|1998 Türkiye Kupası Finali}}
*[[Turkish Super Cup]]: [[1998 Presidential Cup|1998]]<ref>{{cite news 
|url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=29&macId=40304
|title=CumhurBaşkanlığı Kupası (Profesyonel Takım) (Final)
|publisher=tff.org
|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>

'''Nigeria'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]]: [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]
*[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]: Gold Medal [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]'s Super League 2000th goal.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.milliyet.com.tr/protesto-cagrisi-besiktas-2116410-skorerhaber/ |title= Protesto çağrısı |author= Milliyet |author-link= Milliyet (gazete) |access-date= 12 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151212164548/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/protesto-cagrisi-besiktas-2116410-skorerhaber/ |archive-date= 12 December 2015 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/591261--besiktas-3000-golu-bekliyor |title= Beşiktaş 3000. golü bekliyor |author= AA |author-link= Anadolu Ajansı |access-date= 12 September 2015}}</ref>
* International Honorary Award of Sportsmen of Turkey: 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sporx.com/turkiye-spor-adamlari-odulleri-sahiplerini-buldu-SXHBQ510877SXQ|title=Türkiye Spor Adamları Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu - Futbol|last=Sporx|date=22 December 2015|work=Sporx.com|access-date=14 May 2018|language=tr-TR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.haberler.com/yilin-menajeri-ozkan-dogan-7991574-haberi/|title=Yılın Menajeri Özkan Doğan|work=Haberler.com|access-date=14 May 2018|language=tr-TR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fotomac.com.tr/futbol/2015/12/23/2015te-de-yilin-spor-gazetesi|title=2015'te de Yılın Spor Gazetesi|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[African Footballer of the Year]] Third: 1994 <small>''([[France Football]])''</small>, 1995, 1996
* [[UEFA Champions League]] First Goal: 1992<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/020d-0e145c82cfc5-154d0e6a1c16-1000--who-will-score-the-the-first-goal/|title=UEFA Champions League - News – UEFA.com|last=uefa.com|date=13 September 2013|work=[[UEFA]]|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ebony Shoe|Belgian Ebony Shoes Award]]: 1992,1994
* [[IFFHS]] 20th-century best player in Africa: 18th place<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1781781-the-50-greatest-african-players-of-all-time|title=The 50 Greatest African Players of All Time|last=Dove|first=Ed|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html|title=IFFHS' Century Elections|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[West African Club Championship]] 'The best young footballer' award: 1989<ref name="bahsidiger.blogspot.com.tr">{{Cite web|url=http://bahsidiger.blogspot.com.tr/2011/12/uzun-sortun-mucidi-daniel-amokachi.html|title=Bahs-i Diğer: Uzun şortun mucidi: Daniel Amokachi}}</ref>
* [[Belgian Pro League|Pro League]] 'Most successful foreign player' award: 1992<ref name="bahsidiger.blogspot.com.tr"/>
*Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Bronze Team)<ref>{{cite news|title=Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Golden Team)|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/iste-besiktasta-yuzyilin-11i-5171538}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Facebook|amokachithebull}}
* [http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/oyuncu/904/daniel_amokachi.html Daniel Amokachi BJK Profile]
* [http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haber/65089/besiktasimizin_unutulmaz_futbolcularindan_daniel_amokachi.html Amokachi's BJK History]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/amokachi-intlg.html RSSSF Profile]
* {{FIFA|77319}}
* [http://www.eurosport.com/football/daniel-amokachi_prs190625/person.shtml Eurosport Profile]
* {{Premier League player|876<!-- /Daniel-Amokachi/overview -->}}
* [http://www.evertonfc.com/players/d/da/daniel-amokachi Everton FC Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001659/http://www.evertonfc.com/players/d/da/daniel-amokachi |date=2 February 2017 }}
* [http://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/Personality-Profiles/Footballers/Daniel-Amokachi.html Nigeria Profile]

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