Former Super Eagles Coach Adegboye Onigbinde Dies at 88
A former Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has died at the age of 88.
His family announced his passing on Monday in a message signed by a family member, Bolade Adesuyi.
The statement read: “With great gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of this great man, a Modakeke High Chief, the first indigenous Nigerian Super Eagles football coach, father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, High Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde.
“We thank God for the fulfilled life and your contributions to the Nigerian nation and the world as an unequalled football coach.”
The family added that funeral arrangements would be announced later.
Onigbinde led Nigeria to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
He returned to the national team’s dugout in 2002 after his first stint as coach of the then Green Eagles between 1982 and 1984, replacing the late Shuaibu Amodu.
In 1984, Onigbinde guided Nigeria to the final of the African Nations Cup, where the team lost 3–1 to Cameroon.
He later served as a technical instructor for both the Confederation of African Football and FIFA.
