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Nigerian coaches mourn Keshi

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Nigerian coaches mourn Keshi

The umbrella body of football coaches in Nigeria, the Nigeria Football Coaches Association (NFCA) has mourned with other Nigerians and football stakeholders in the world the demise of former Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi.

In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Solomon Ogbeide, the association lamented the untimely death of Keshi, especially with the reports that he was on the verge of landing lucrative job either in South Africa and Uganda.

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“The death of Keshi, one of our active colleagues, is saddening. It’s unbelievable that such a young man who has no known ailment or sickness will just die at his prime when his contribution to the game is still much needed.

“As a coach in the national team, Keshi was a pride to the association because of his sentiment towards Nigerian coaches and home-based players. He gave more of his colleagues opportunities to work with him and also discovered many local players than the coaches before him, apart from Clemens Westerhof,” the statement noted.

The NFCA however advised Nigerians coaches to take their health top priority, saying “the coaching job is highly an hypertensive one, so we advise our colleagues to monitor their health regularly to avoid incidence of this nature.”

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