Shuaibu Amodu

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Nigerian English Template:Infobox football biography Shuaibu Amodu (18 April 1958 – 10 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and coach who played as a forward.

Playing career

Amodu, a striker, played for Dumez and Niger Tornadoes. His playing career ended after he broke his leg.[1]

Coaching career

Amodu managed a number of club sides in Nigeria, such as Enyimba FC, BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors and Shooting Stars; he also managed Orlando Pirates in South Africa.[1]

Amodu first managed the Nigeria national team from April 2001 to February 2002.[2] He later stated that his dismissal was "unfair",[3] and also said that, a month later, he had yet to receive a formal letter confirming his dismissal.[4] After his dismissal with the National team, He was appointed to take over from the newly sacked Enyimba's Coach Yugoslav Kostadin Papic in April 2002.[5]

He was re-appointed manager in April 2008.[6] In December 2009 the Nigeria Football Federation stated that Amodu was under pressure,[7] and in January 2010 there was speculation about his future.[8] He was sacked in February 2010.[9]

Prior to his appointment as the technical director of Nigeria's national teams in May 2013.[10] Amodu was unbeaten in three successful World Cup elimination series without losing a single match in 1998 (started the campaign), 2002 (finished the campaign), and 2010 (both started and completed the campaign), but never led the team to the World Cup.[11]

He was re-appointed Nigeria manager in October 2014, replacing Stephen Keshi.[12] It was his fifth spell in charge of the country.[13] Keshi returned to the role two weeks later but was fired in July 2015 and Amodu took over the Eagles again temporarily.[14][15] He was replaced by Sunday Oliseh on a permanent basis later that month.[16]

Later life and death

Amodu died on 10 June 2016, three days after the death of Stephen Keshi.[17][18] He was buried in an Islamic ceremony in his hometown of Okpella.[19]

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