Wednesday 8 June 2016

Nigerian football legend, Stephen Keshi, dies at 54

Nigerian football legend, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi dies at 54.

He coached the Nigerian football team to win the 2013 CAF African Cup of Nations and led the team to the 2014 FIFA World Cup where the team got to the round of 16.

As a player, he captained the Nigerian team, known as the golden generation, to win the 1994 CAF African Cup of Nations and captained the team to the round of 16 of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.

He played as a defender for a host of clubs from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Belgium and France.

We mourn him.

May his soul rest in peace.

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