Shaibu Amodu, who had nine different spells as coach of Nigeria, has died suddenly at the age of 58, the country's football federation said on Saturday.
The Nigeria Football Federation revealed that Amodu, who was the organisation’s technical director, had complained of chest pains on Friday night and passed away in his sleep.
The Nigeria Football Federation revealed that Amodu, who was the organisation’s technical director, had complained of chest pains on Friday night and passed away in his sleep.
All but two of his nine different spells as coach of Nigeria were as a caretaker after working as an assistant to a myriad of expatriate trainers.
Amodu qualified Nigeria for the 2002 World Cup finals but was fired just months before the tournament in Asia after only reaching the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup.
He also led Nigeria to the 2010 World Cup finals but was axed in favour of Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Amodu’s death comes just days after that of former national team captain and coach Stephen Keshi, who died from a suspected heart attack on Tuesday.
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