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{{Short description|Nigerian football manager}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2008}}
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| name = Festus Onigbinde
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| fullname = Festus 'Adegboye' Onigbinde
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|3|5|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogol.com.br/treinador.php?id=599&search=1 |title=Festus Onigbinde (ogol.com.br) |publisher=ogol.com.br |access-date=2015-01-20}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Modakeke]], [[Osun State]], Nigeria
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| manageryears1 =  1981–1984 
| manageryears2 =  2002
| managerclubs1 =  [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| managerclubs2 =  [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] 
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'''Festus 'Adegboye' Onigbinde''' (born March 5, 1938, in [[Modakeke]]) is a Nigerian former football manager.

==Career==
He coached [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria national team]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Manaschev, Erlan|title=World Cup 2002 - Match Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html|date=2008-07-03|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2009-10-07}}</ref> an achievement he had already gotten, between 1982 and 1984. In 1984, Onigbinde took Nigeria into the final match of the 1984 Africa Nations Cup. Nigeria lost 1–3 to Cameroun in that match. Later in 1984, he took over as coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club in Ibadan and took the Club to the final of the Africa Club Champions Cup. They lost the finals to Zamalek of Egypt.

Onigbinde took over the Nigerian national team after the sack of the coaching crew of Shuaibu Amodu following what was considered a disgraceful performance of the Super Eagles at the 2002 Africa Nations Cup. Onigbinde took a team that consisted largely of young and inexperienced players.
But the [[Japan]]/[[South Korea]] edition was the worst Nigerian performance in the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] history: for the first time in this competition, Nigeria did not win a single match and was knocked out of the tournament in the first round.

In the first game they lost 0–1 to [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], after a goal of [[Gabriel Batistuta]]. In the second match, against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], Nigeria lost 1–2 after leading 1–0, meaning the elimination of the World Cup. The third game was a goalless draw to [[England national football team|England]].

After the World Cup, some Nigerian players, like [[Jay-Jay Okocha]] and [[Julius Aghahowa]], criticized Onigbinde for nominating the wrong players.

However, some of the players remained in the Super Eagles for many years. Onigbinde remains a highly respected Nigerian soccer tactician. He has served as CAF and FIFA Technical instructor.

According to Onigbinde himself, on BBC Sport Online, Adegboye is not one of his original names: 'I dropped my baptismal name 'Festus' in 1960 through Nigeria's Daily Times newspaper and have been answering [no 'to'] Adegboye Onigbinde...I discovered Festus didn't mean anything, so I changed to 'Adegboye', meaning 'a child born to reclaim a chieftaincy title'.

==References==
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{{Nigeria national football team managers}}
{{Nigeria Squad 2002 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Yoruba sportspeople]]
[[Category:Nigerian football managers]]
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup managers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Osun State]]
[[Category:1984 African Cup of Nations managers]]


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