Former Head Coach Shuaibu Amodu Dies

Former Nigeria head coach, Shuaibu Amodu, has passed away at the age of 58.

According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amodu died on Saturday after "he could not wake up" from his sleep.

The former BCC Lions coach, it was learned complained of chest pains, before he went to bed on Friday night.

"That is correct," NFF secretary general, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, confirmed the passing away of Amodu. "He sleep and he could not wake up."

Nigeria is still mourning the death of another former coach and legend, Stephen Keshi, who passed away on Wednesday in Benin City.

Amodu and Keshi worked together as Nigeria's head coach and assistant coach respectively at the 2002 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Mali.

In November 1994, Amodu first managed the Super Eagles in an international friendly with England in which his team lost 0-1.

He took charge of the Super Eagles on four occasions in 1994 and 1995 as well as in 1997, 2001 and 2002 and then between 2008 and 2010.

Amodu would be remembered for guiding BCC Lions to win the 1990 African Cup Winners Cup (now Caf Confederation Cup) and also for guiding the Nigerian men's national team to the 2002 Fifa World Cup finals after it looked impossible to qualify following a poor start to the qualification series in Africa.

Until his death, Amodu was the technical director of the NFF.

Little info about Amodu
Amodu, a striker, played for Dumez and Niger Tornadoes. His playing career ended after he broke his leg.

Amodu has manages a number of club sides in Nigeria, such as BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors, and Shooting Stars; he also managed Orlando Pirates in South Africa.

He first managed the Nigerian national team from April 2001 to February 2002. Amodu later stated that his dismissal was "unfair",and also said that, a month later, he had yet to receive a formal letter confirming his dismissal.

He was re-appointed manager in April 2008.In December 2009 the Nigeria Football Federation stated that Amodu was under pressure, and in January 2010 there was speculation about his future.He was sacked in February 2010.

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

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

The Nigerian Football Federation announced his death on June 10 2016.