"Shuaibu Amodu, and then as assistant to Stephen Keshi. In 2015, Amokachi managed Ifeanyi Ubah, resigning after five weeks in the post. In January 2016, he was named as manager of JS Hercules. Everton Beşiktaş Nigeria Individual Amokachi is married to a Tunisian woman and has two twin sons named Kalim and Nazim who are following their father's footsteps in becoming footballers. Both are currently in the Besiktas youth academy. Daniel Amokachi Daniel Owefin Amokachi (born 30 December 1972) is a Nigerian former professional footballer, and former assistant manager of the Nigeria national football team. He has been a technical"
"Daniel Amokachi Daniel Owefin Amokachi (born 30 December 1972) is a Nigerian former professional footballer, and former assistant manager of the Nigeria national football team. He has been a technical director since 2006. With World Cup performances, he was third in the African Footballer of the Year award three times. As a forward, he was known for his speed, technique and physical strength, which earnmed him the nicknames ""Black Bull"" and ""Black Train"". Amokachi, who is also very popular and well known in his country, contributed to Nigeria's top two tournaments to the World Cup along with his attack partner"
"the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1998 FIFA World Cup and won the 1994 African Nations Cup. He also helped win the Olympic gold medal in 1996, scoring in the Gold Medal game itself against Argentina. Amokachi sustained an injury just ahead of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, played one game, but struggled with knee problems thereafter. Amokachi managed Nigerian club Nasarawa United and later Enyimba Aba. In April 2007, he quit his role as assistant coach of the Nigeria national team. On 10 April 2008, Amokachi was re-appointed to Nigeria's national team, the Super Eagles, as assistant coach to"
"plus cash. Everton manager Mike Walker had signed Nigerian Daniel Amokachi fresh from World Cup duty and financed the move by selling Cottee, much to Everton fans' disapproval. He had played 184 league games in six years for the Toffees, scoring 76 goals, but had not won any major trophies. His overall career tally for league goals now stood at 164. Cottee made his second debut for the Hammers away to Liverpool and was sent off after 54 minutes, although his first season back at Upton Park brought 13 league goals as he helped West Ham fight off relegation and"
"Munich, but the contract was cancelled after he failed a medical test. In turn he was rejected by Tranmere Rovers for the same reason. Amokachi trained with French second division side US Créteil, but the deal was hampered by injuries. American MLS team Colorado Rapids signed him in 2002, but seeing as he was not fit enough they released him before a single match was played. He went to play in the United Arab Emirates, but was denied again due to his medical condition. He played many international matches for Nigeria, and was part of the team that participated in"
"Emmanuel Amunike. ""Amokachi"" scored the first goal of the UEFA Champions League with Club Brugge on 25 November 1992, beating CSKA Moscow 1–0. Amokachi, nicknamed ""The Bull"", was discovered while playing for Ranchers Bees by Nigerian national team coach Clemens Westerhof, who brought the talented player to the 1990 African Nations Cup, and soon Amokachi moved to play for Club Brugge in Belgium. He competed in the new format of the Champions League, and became the first player to score in the competition, after his goal secured a 1–0 win in the opening match in the group stage against CSKA"
"signed a host of English-based players for the Ibrox club. Even after the ban on English clubs in Europe was lifted, a number of high-profile players moved overseas. Gary Lineker opted to complete his playing career in Japan on leaving Tottenham in 1992, the same year that Paul Gascoigne moved to Italy in a lucrative transfer to Lazio. Another of England's 1990 World Cup stars, David Platt, had been sold by Aston Villa to Italian side Bari in 1991, later playing for Juventus and Sampdoria before returning to England in 1995 to sign for Arsenal - the same year that"
"participated in two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and won the 1996 Olympics with Nigeria. Babangida made his international debut in 1994. He lost his place in the squad right before the 2002 World Cup. After a two-year lay-off from international football, Babangida was recalled to the Nigeria team for the 2004 African Cup of Nations preparations in Tunisia. Babangida, sometimes nicknamed ""TJ"", was born into a large family in the city of Kaduna in 1970. He was married to Rabah (now his ex), the sister of Daniel Amokachi's wife. Two of his nine brothers, Ibrahim and Haruna are also"
"A second Romanian World Cup star, defender Dan Petrescu, joins a Premier League club. Petrescu, 27, signs for Sheffield Wednesday in a £1.3 million deal. 10 August 1994 – Newcastle United pay a club record £2.65 million for Belgium and Anderlecht defender Philippe Albert. 11 August 1994 – After more than 13 years at Liverpool, goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar signs for Southampton on a free transfer. 12 August 1994 – Chelsea sign midfielder David Rocastle from Manchester City for £1.25 million. A tribunal orders Sheffield Wednesday to pay £1 million for Port Vale midfielder Ian Taylor. 20 August 1994 – 24"
"Bank of the North FC, Kano Pillars achieved outstanding success by winning the 2007–08 Nigerian Premier League. Kano Pillars produced players like Abiodun Baruwa who has since played for Swiss, Austrian, Welsh and British Clubs and Sani Kaita who later plays for Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Another Prominent player is Ahmed Garba 'Yaro Yaro' who later plays for AB in Denmark and a notable player from Kano Pillars FC is Ahmed Musa who plays for Leicester City in the English Premier League after joining from CSKA Moscow. It was registered as a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs"
"period in Nigerian football. Players such as Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Nwankwo Kanu, Rashidi Yekini, Daniel Amokachi and others, who all went on to successful careers with various high-profile European clubs, entered the world spotlight while playing under Westerhof. Following a 2–1 defeat by Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup which eliminated Nigeria from the tournament, striker Rashidi Yekini was critical of both Westerhof and his teammates, telling reporters: Finidi George and Emmanuel Amuneke were two other Nigerian international players reported to have fallen out of favour with Westerhof; both players were dropped from the team by Westerhof at"
"with Bayern Munich at Carrow Road, which ends in a 1–1 draw. 4 May 1994: Michael Duberry, 17-year-old defender, played in Chelsea's final Premier League game of the season – a 2–1 home defeat by Coventry City. Even with the 7–1 victory over San Marino (in which Davide Gualtieri scores the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup qualification history). England fail to qualify for the finals of the 1994 World Cup and manager Graham Taylor resigns within days of the failure. Terry Venables is appointed as his replacement. The second season of the Premier League saw Manchester United retain their"
"Okoroji Henry Henry Ndubueze Okoroji (born April 12, 1984 in Ngor Okpala) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Casertana F.C.. After the 1994 World Cup a series of Nigerian players were brought to the European top leagues. Okoroji's mentor Prince Ikpe Ekong was one of them as he was signed by Italian club A.C. Reggiana back then coached by Carlo Ancelotti. Ikpe Ekong recommended his club to get their hands on a very talented defender Henry Okoroji. He arrived in 2003 as Prince was already on his way out after battling against the whole Serie A in the"
"Emmanuel Amunike Emmanuel Amunike (often misspelled Amuneke; born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who is manager of the Tanzania national team. A former winger, his professional playing career was blighted by injury. He represented Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup. In his early career, Amunike won the domestic league titles in Nigeria and Egypt, while playing for Julius Berger F.C. and Zamalek SC respectively. In 1994, he signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal, scoring seven league goals in his first season, including one against S.L. Benfica in the Lisbon derby (1–0 home win on"
"from his condition after being released by ""Barça"" in 2000, playing for Albacete Balompié (also Spain, Segunda División), Busan I'Cons (South Korea, only a couple of months) and Al-Wehdat SC (Jordan), retiring from football at the age of 34. In 2008, he spent some time as an assistant coach at Saudi Premier League side Al-Hazm, but left to become a scout for Manchester United. Amunike played 27 times for Nigeria, scoring nine goals. He was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, a first-ever for the African country, scoring against Bulgaria"
"Shola Ameobi Foluwashola Ameobi (born 12 October 1981) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a striker for English club Notts County. He spent 14 years at Newcastle United, making 397 official appearances and scoring 79 goals, and received a winner's medal when they won the Championship in 2010. He has the second most appearances as a substitute in the Premier League. On leaving Newcastle in 2014, he briefly represented Gaziantep BB in Turkey, before brief spells at Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers, and Fleetwood Town. He joined Notts County in 2017. Born in Nigeria but raised in England,"
"brothers, Kingsley and Kevin, were also footballers. Both also played several years in Portugal, amongst other countries. Emmanuel Amunike Emmanuel Amunike (often misspelled Amuneke; born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who is manager of the Tanzania national team. A former winger, his professional playing career was blighted by injury. He represented Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup. In his early career, Amunike won the domestic league titles in Nigeria and Egypt, while playing for Julius Berger F.C. and Zamalek SC respectively. In 1994, he signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal, scoring seven league goals"
"in the tournament, two in the opening game against Tunisia, and then given a standing ovation by the nearly 60,000 attendance when he left the field. He made a return to the Super Eagles in his testimonial against an African select side in Warri. The game featured former players Daniel Amokachi, Alloysius Agu, John Fashanu, Benjani and Sulley Muntari. Nigeria won the game 2–1 with Okocha scoring the winning goal after appearing for the side in the second half. In March 2004, he was named one of the top 125 living footballers by Pelé. Okocha is from Anioma, a subgroup"
"and returned to Bolton on a permanent deal. Born in England, Ameobi was capped by Nigeria at under-20 level and England at under-21 level before switching his allegiance to Nigeria in August 2014. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Ameobi attended Heaton Manor School in Newcastle and Grindon Hall Christian School in Sunderland, and finished school with 11 GCSEs prior to joining the Newcastle academy on a scholarship. His parents, John and Margaret Ameobi, had moved to Newcastle from Nigeria in October 1986. After originally settling in the city centre, the family later relocated to Fenham as John,"
"Ameobi was capped by the England under-21 team before making his Nigeria debut in 2012 and representing them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Born in Zaria, Nigeria to a family from Ijumu Local Government Area in modern-day Kogi State. Ameobi moved to Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, England when he was five. His initial promise was spotted whilst attending the Walker Central Boys Club, before he was invited to attend Newcastle United's Academy. Ameobi signed a pre-contract with Newcastle on 1 July 1997. He progressed through the youth setup, making his debut in the reserves in 1998 on 11 October"
"manager of the Zambia in the summer of 1993 and later managed Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe, all very much developing countries on the football map. He was given the task of rebuilding the Zambian team following a tragic air crash in 1993 that claimed the lives of many of the nation's most gifted players. With the Zambia national team, he finished second at the 1994 African Nations Cup. In January 1996, he returned to British football to become the assistant manager of struggling Premier League team Bolton Wanderers. The club had been rooted to the bottom of the table for"
"played for the Ghana National Under 23 (Black Meteors) in 2001. A brother to Ghanaian born German international footballer, Gerard Asamoah, the first black to feature for the German National team before David Odonkor who played for Borussia Dortmund and Real Betis and Jerome Boateng who now plays for Bayern Munich after a good season with Manchester City in England. Asamoah joined Mahindra United in India in 2004 after turning down a lucrative offer from Raja Casablanca, a leading Morocco club. He featured in most matches for the Indian Club and played a major role in the 2004-2006 seasons of"
"the Nigeria premier league for the season 2015, but played only few matches for the team. In 2016, he joined a Finnish club, JS Hercules, which was coached by his former national team coach Daniel Amokachi. For the 2017 season, he was signed by Veikkausliiga team RoPS. He made his debut for the team on 28 January 2017 in a Suomen Cup 3–0 win against HauPa. He scored his first goal on 22 April against Ilves Tampere in the 79th minute, after being brought in three minutes earlier for injured team captain Antti Okkonen. At the end of the year"
"winning the Division. They however were demoted back after the 2000 season by one point and soon sold. Udoji United F.C. Udoji United was a Nigerian football team founded in 1990 in Enugu before moving to Awka in 1993. It was owned by Oscar Udoji, Owner and CEO of Solgas Petroleum Limited and Superior Motors Limited and son of former businessman/administrator Chief Jerome Oputa Udoji. After their first season in 1991, they won promotion to the Nigeria Premier League. The team won the title in 1996, thus becoming the Nigerian representative in the CAF Champions League's debut in 1997. They"
"Stadium. Founded in 1991, the side returned to the Premier League in 2009 and in January 2011 were purchased by Dagestani commodities billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, whose investment has allowed the club to sign players such as Brazilian World Cup winner Roberto Carlos and Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o who, during his time at the club, became the world's highest paid player. However, due to recent unrest in the region, the players currently live and train in Moscow, and an armed guard patrols their matches. Makhachkala has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen: ""BSk"") with warm, relatively dry summers and cool, relatively moist"
"Cup of Nations at the first attempt after South Africa's readmission to FIFA in 1992. Soon foreign scouts came knocking and he was signed by Lazio of Italy, after he turned down an opportunity to play for his boyhood club, Manchester United. However, he did move to England after just one season at Lazio to become the highest paid player at Bolton Wanderers. Fish was a mainstay in Bolton's back four for much of their first season back in the Premiership, he received praise from both teammates and those whom he played against, most notably Manchester United forward Andrew Cole."
"the India Premier League and won the hearts of many of the clubs supporters including football lovers in India. In his first game for Mahindra United in 2004, he scored and assisted in the game which ended in favour of Mahindra United. After two seasons with Mahindra United he joined the Sharks of Portharcourt in Nigeria. He also went on loan at Bahrain Sports Club {Naide Bahrain} in the Persian Gulf region. Charles Asamoah Prince Charles Kofi Asamoah (also known as Charles Asamoah; born 1 July 1985) is a Ghanaian footballer. Asamoah began his career playing for Kumasi Asante Kotoko"
"promotion, he was released by the club, which ultimately sent him into retirement. On 21 February 2015, Okocha was elected as the Chairman of the Delta State Football Association. In April 2015, Okocha expressed his interest in becoming the Nigeria Football Federation president; and he is vigorously pursuing it. Okocha made his official debut for Nigeria in their 2–1 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier away loss against Ivory Coast in May 1993.It was not until his second cap and home debut that he became a favourite with the Nigerian supporters. With Nigeria trailing 1–0 against Algeria, in a match they"
"to Belgium. On 6 August 2014, Ameobi confirmed that he has chosen to follow elder brother Shola in declaring for Nigeria. Sammy Ameobi Samuel Oluwaseyi Ameobi (born 1 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Bolton Wanderers. He is the younger brother of fellow players Shola and Tomi Ameobi. He began his career with Newcastle United, joining the club's youth academy in 2008. After progressing into the first team, he made his senior debut in May 2011. However, he struggled to establish himself in the first team, making 70 appearances during a seven"
"the Italian Serie D side Bisceglie. His first call on 5 August 2008 was to the Nigeria national football team against South Africa. He was an unused substitute. Daniel Ola Daniel Ola (born November 23, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian football defender, who currently plays in Italy for Barletta. His name ""Ola"" means ""Wealth"" in Yoruba. Ola began his career with King Faisal Babes. He came to Europe in 1999 and played in Switzerland for Carouge before June 2000 when he was scouted by S.S. Lazio and he joined the club's reserves. The Roma based club played in the"
"in March 2000. Playing for the Nigerian national team, he was featured in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as when they won the 1994 African Nations Cup. After retiring, he returned to the USA to coach in the youth department of FC Dallas. Most recently, he was an assistant with the Nigerian U-17 team that won the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and head coach of Nigeria's Dolphins FC. He currently is on the staff of Heartland of Owerri. Benedict Iroha Benedict Iroha (born November 29, 1969) is a former Nigerian association"
"and feet, whilst displaying good technique, passing abilities, and high work rates. His performances in Italy earned him a move to Serie A club Bari in 1991. In 1992, Platt moved to Juventus, where he spent one season. Platt continued scoring goals for England, playing in Euro 92 and 96. Despite his efforts, England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In 1993, he moved to Sampdoria where he stayed for two seasons before he returned to England to join up with Arsenal. Platt played with the London club for three years, being part of the Arsenal side"
"Frank Acheampong Frank Opoku Acheampong (born 16 October 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda, and the Ghana national team. He started his career with Ghanaian side, under the direction of Romain Krider, his first coach. He was invited for trials by Sheikh Mansour, who owns the English side Manchester City, to his base in Abu Dhabi, to be observed by Al-Jazeera, the other club he owns. In 2010, he was on trial for Croatian club NK Osijek but he couldn't obtain a work permit. In February 2011, he"