Shaibu Amodu
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 1958 (age 66)[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1978 | Dumez | ||
1978–1981 | Niger Tornadoes | ||
Managerial career | |||
BCC Lions | |||
El-Kanemi Warriors | |||
Shooting Stars | |||
1994–1995 | Nigeria | ||
1996–1997 | Nigeria | ||
1996–1997 | Orlando Pirates | ||
2001–2002 | Nigeria | ||
2008–2010 | Nigeria | ||
2014 | Nigeria | ||
2015 | Nigeria (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shaibu Amodu (born April 1958) is a Nigerian football coach.
Playing career
Amodu, a striker, played for Dumez and Niger Tornadoes. His playing career ended after he broke his leg.[1]
Coaching career
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.[1]
He first managed the Nigerian national team from April 2001 to February 2002.[2] Amodu later stated that his dismissal was "unfair",[3] and also said that, a month later, he had yet to receive a formal letter confirming his dismissal.[4]
He was re-appointed manager in April 2008.[5] In December 2009 the Nigeria Football Federation stated that Amodu was under pressure,[6] and in January 2010 there was speculation about his future.[7] He was sacked in February 2010.[8]
Amodu was appointed technical director of Nigeria's national teams in May 2013.[9]
He was re-appointed Nigeria manager in October 2014, replacing Stephen Keshi.[10] It was his fifth spell in charge of the country.[11] Keshi returned to the role two weeks later but was fired in July 2015 and Amodu took over the Eagles again temporarily.[12][13] He was replaced by Sunday Oliseh on a permanent basis later that month.[14]
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Niger Tornadoes players
- Association football forwards
- Nigerian football managers
- El-Kanemi Warriors managers
- Orlando Pirates managers
- Nigeria national football team managers
- Nigerian expatriate football managers
- Nigerian expatriates in South Africa
- Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa
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