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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.[3]

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.[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]

Amodu was appointed technical director of Nigeria's national teams in May 2013.[12]

He was re-appointed Nigeria manager in October 2014, replacing Stephen Keshi.[13] It was his fifth spell in charge of the country.[14] Keshi returned to the role two weeks later but was fired in July 2015 and Amodu took over the Eagles again temporarily.[15][16] He was replaced by Sunday Oliseh on a permanent basis later that month.[17]

Later life and death

Amodu died on 10 June 2016, three days after the death of Stephen Keshi.[18][19] He was buried in an Islamic ceremony in his hometown of Okpella.[20]

References

  1. ^ "What you need to know about Shuaibu Amodu". Vanguard News. 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Shuaibu Amodu - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport.
  3. ^ a b "Shuaibu Amodu: All-round schoolboy athlete, an unsung hero of Nigerian football". Guardian Mobile. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Nigeria sack coach Shuaibu". BBC Sport. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Shuaibu fights back". BBC Sport. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Shuaibu 'still in charge'". BBC Sport. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. ^ "More new faces for Nigeria". 5 April 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 April 2008). "Amodu named new Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  9. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (28 December 2009). "Pressure on Amodu continues". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu refuses to talk about future". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Nigeria part company with coach Shuaibu Amodu". BBC Sport. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  12. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (9 May 2013). "Shuaibu Amodu appointed Nigeria technical director". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  13. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (16 October 2014). "Shuaibu Amodu to replace Stephen Keshi as Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  14. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (21 October 2014). "Coach Amodu aims to turn around Nigeria's fortunes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  15. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (31 October 2014). "Stephen Keshi re-appointed Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Stephen Keshi sacked as Nigeria boss". BBC Sport. 5 July 2015.
  17. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (15 July 2015). "Sunday Oliseh appointed as Nigeria coach". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Ex-Eagles' coach Shaibu Amodu dies 3 days after Keshi - TheCable". TheCable. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Former Nigeria coach Amodu dies in his sleep aged 58". BBC Sport. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Amodu buried in his home village". BBC Sport. 12 June 2016.


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