Shuaibu Amodu
Nigerian football manager (1958–2016) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shuaibu Amodu (18 April 1958 – 10 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and coach who played as a forward.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 April 1958[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 June 2016 (aged 58) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Benin City, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Dumez | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1981 | Niger Tornadoes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002-2003 | Enyimba | |||||||||||||||||||
| BCC Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| El-Kanemi Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shooting Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Orlando Pirates | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nigeria (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amodu, a striker, played for Dumez and Niger Tornadoes. His playing career ended after he broke his leg.[3]
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.[3]
Amodu first managed the Nigeria national team from April 2001 to February 2002.[4] He later stated that his dismissal was "unfair",[5] and also said that, a month later, he had yet to receive a formal letter confirming his dismissal.[6] 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.[7]
He was re-appointed manager in April 2008.[8] In December 2009 the Nigeria Football Federation stated that Amodu was under pressure,[9] and in January 2010 there was speculation about his future.[10] He was sacked in February 2010.[11]
Prior to his appointment as the technical director of Nigeria's national teams in May 2013.[12] 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.[13]
He was re-appointed Nigeria manager in October 2014, replacing Stephen Keshi.[14] It was his fifth spell in charge of the country.[15] Keshi returned to the role two weeks later but was fired in July 2015 and Amodu took over the Eagles again temporarily.[16][17] He was replaced by Sunday Oliseh on a permanent basis later that month.[18]
Amodu died on 10 June 2016, three days after the death of Stephen Keshi.[19][20] He was buried in an Islamic ceremony in his hometown of Okpella.[21]
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