How Former Supers Eagles Coach ‘Stephen Keshi’ Died In Benin

How Former Supers Eagles Coach
‘Stephen Keshi’ Died In Benin

Posted by Seyifunmi

Family sources have explained how Stephen
Okechukwu Keshi, former Nigerian football
captain and coach, died.
Keshi, 54, died early today in Benin, capital
of Edo State, just about six months after his
wife, Kate, died in the United States.
According to close family sources, Keshi
complained of being unwell just before
midnight on Tuesday and he was found to
be gasping for breath.
He was rushed to Faith Hospital in the
Benin Government Reservation Area. He
died around 00.30 this morning.
His body has been deposited at the Central
Hospital in the city.
Keshi was born in Azare Bauchi state on 23
January, 1962.
He spent most of his growing up years in
Lagos. He started playing football for the
defunct African Continental Bank in 1979.
He joined the New Nigerian Bank in 1980
and played for four years. He joined Stade
d’Abidjan in 1985.
Two years after, Keshi moved over to
Lokeren in Belgium, a country where he also
played for Anderlecht.
Keshi played for Nigeria between 1981 and
1995, making 64 appearances.
He was appointed manager of the Nigeria
national team in 2011, during which he
qualified Nigeria for the World Cup in Brazil
and also won the African Nations Cup in
2013.
Only Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary, had won
the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player
and a coach, before Keshi.
Keshi also coached Togo and Mali before
being appointed to lead Nigeria.