Kadiri Ikhana
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Kadiri Ikhana (born 31 December 1951) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who last managed Kano Pillars.
Playing career
Ikhana played as a midfielder for Bendel Insurance, winning the league in 1979 and the FA Cup in 1978 and 1980.[1]
Ikhana represented Nigeria at international level, playing for them in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.[2] He won the 1980 African Cup of Nations with Nigeria.[1]
Coaching career
Ikhana has coached a number of Nigerian club sides, including El-Kanemi Warriors, BCC Lions, Kwara United, Sunshine Stars, Sharks and Giwa.[3]
In 1995, he managed Mohammedan SC in Bangladesh, before being sacked for a poor run of results in the league.[4]
Ikhana managed Nigeria's Enyimba, winning the African Champions League in 2003.[5] He was awarded CAF's Coach of the Year that same year.[5] In 2004, he was manager of the Nigerian men's Olympic team.[6]
He later managed Kano Pillars, before resigning in May 2008, citing corruption in the sport.[5] He had led Kano Pillars to their first ever league title a day earlier.[7]
He was appointed manager of the Nigerian women's national team in April 2012,[8] before resigning in November 2012.[9]
He was managing Nasarawa United in November 2013 when he decided to retire from the sport.[10] He returned to Enyimba, winning another league title, before moving to Shooting Stars in February 2016.[11] He returned to Kano Pillars in November 2016,[3][12] before being sacked in April 2017.[13]
Honours
As a player
- With Bendel Insurance
- With Nigeria
- African Cup of Nations – 1980[1]
As a coach
- With Enyimna
- With Kano Pillars
- Nigerian Premier League – 2008[7]
Individual
- CAF Coach of the Year – 2003[5]
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Bendel Insurance F.C. players
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- 1978 African Cup of Nations players
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Nigerian football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
- El-Kanemi Warriors F.C. managers
- BCC Lions F.C. managers
- Kwara United F.C. managers
- Sunshine Stars F.C. managers
- Sharks F.C. managers
- Giwa F.C. managers
- Enyimba F.C. managers
- Kano Pillars F.C. managers
- Nasarawa United F.C. managers
- Shooting Stars S.C. managers
- Nigeria women's national football team managers
- People from Ilorin
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen