Shaibu Amodu

Shaibu Amodu
Personal information
Date of birth April 1958 (age 57)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1978 Dumez
1978–1981 Niger Tornadoes
Teams managed
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)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shaibu Amodu: All-round schoolboy athlete, an unsung hero of Nigerian football". Guardian Mobile. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. "Nigeria sack coach Shaibu". BBC Sport. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. "Shaibu fights back". BBC Sport. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. "Shaibu 'still in charge'". BBC Sport. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. Oluwashina Okeleji (10 April 2008). "Amodu named new Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. Oluwashina Okeleji (28 December 2009). "Pressure on Amodu continues". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. "Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu refuses to talk about future". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  8. "Nigeria part company with coach Shaibu Amodu". BBC Sport. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  9. Oluwashina Okeleji (9 May 2013). "Shaibu Amodu appointed Nigeria technical director". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. Oluwashina Okeleji (16 October 2014). "Shaibu Amodu to replace Stephen Keshi as Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  11. Oluwashina Okeleji (21 October 2014). "Coach Amodu aims to turn around Nigeria's fortunes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  12. Oluwashina Okeleji (31 October 2014). "Stephen Keshi re-appointed Nigeria coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  13. Keshi sacked as Nigeria coach (BBC)
  14. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33536516
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