Late Super Eagles defender and coach, Stephen Keshi would have
celebrated his 56th birthday if he were to be alive today, but
nonetheless he has been honoured by tech Giant Google with a doodle.
Doodles are changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays,
anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and
scientists.
The ‘Big Boss’ as he was fondly called in his lifetime died in June
2016, less than seven months after he lost his wife, Kate, to cancer.
He won the African Cup of Nations for Nigeria as a player in 1994 and
was the only Nigerian to have won the same tournament as a coach, a
feat he achieved in South Africa in 2013. In the same year, he qualified
the Super Eagles for the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil, thereby
becoming the first African coach to qualify two African countries for
the World Cup finals.
Before guiding the Super Eagles to a successful AFCON, Keshi was in
charge of Mali and Togo, with whom he enjoyed a measure of success. He
was the first coach to qualify lowly Togo to for the 2006 World Cup. But
he was sacked just before the tournament and was replaced by Otto
Pfiser after the tiny West African country dismal showing at the 2006
African Cup of Nations in Egypt
