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Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Stephen Keshi Former Nigerian Coach Dies at 54


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Former Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016), was a Nigerian football defender.

He was also a Coach of the Super Eagles Nigeria national team. He was one of only two people in Africa, along with Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a Coach.
Keshi died on 7 June 2016 in Benin City, after suffering from a cardiac arrest, Family spokesman Emmanuel Ado confirms. He was 54.Keshi was married to his wife Kate (née Abureme) for 33 years. She died on 10 December 2015, after battling cancer for three years. They had four children. Family source stated he never recovered from the death of his wife in December

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