Former Nigeria coach Amodu Shuaibu died The tactician who qualified the Super Eagles for the 2002 and 2010 Fifa World Cups has passed on having complained of chest pain on Friday night Legendary Nigeria coach and Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amodu Shuaibu has sadly passed on at the age of 58. According to the NFF, Amodu died in his sleep having complained of chest pains on Friday night. The four-time Super Eagles handler won the Federation Cup titles with Gboko’s BBC Lions and El Kanemi Warriors before a short spell with South Africa's Orlando Pirates. Following the sack of Dutchman Bonfrere Jo in the middle of the country's 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign, Amodu was called upon and he qualified Nigeria for the competition staged in South Korea and Japan but was shown the exit door after leading the Super Eagles to a third place finish at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali. On April 10, 2008, he was name head coach of the country’s senior national team alongside Daniel Amokachi, Alloy Agu and Fatai Amoo with the task of qualifying the country for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. Again, he was fired as after the Super Eagles settled for bronze at the 2010 Afcon in Angola. And in May 2013, he was appointed technical director of Nigeria’s national teams. His demise comes three days after the death of Stephen Keshi who was his assistant coach at the 2002 Afcon in Mali. http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093...12/former-nigeria-coach-amodu-shuaibu-is-dead
Another terrible shame. I am especially sad because he twice had his dream stolen from him by stupid NFF decisions. Twice he qualified Nigeria to the World Cup but the NFF decided to shaft him last minute based on supposed poor results (3rd place at the 2002 and 2010 African Cup of Nations - you can't win everything, its not like only winning is an acceptable result...). Deserved to coach Nigeria at the World Cup stage. I'm pretty sure Nigeria under Amodu would have done much better than his substitute European coaches that came in for the cash. Waste of a coach that if anything knew how to arrange a team and was never afraid to suggest the best available setup. Also never seemed to be the type to feature players for material gains, but purely on quality of play.
Amodu Shaibu's competitive record (friendlies excluded): 15 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses Losses: 2002 African Cup of Nations semifinal, 2:1 AET vs Senegal (World Cup 1/4 finalists that year) 2010 African Cup of Nations group stage, 3:1 vs Egypt (title winners) 2010 African Cup of Nations semifinal, 1:0 vs Ghana (World Cup 1/4 finalists that year) Avg points per game: 2,17 Win percentage: 65% Does any other Nigerian coach have stats which are even remotely as good? Damn, how I wish the politics in football weren't so idiotic.