2007, ISBN: 9781156975565

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stephen Keshi, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Didier Otokoré, Souleymane Youla, Aristide Bancé, Kandia Traoré, Lacina Traoré, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Joël Tiéhi, Nogbou Manouan Markdonald, Mariko Daouda. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stephen Keshi, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Didier Otokoré, Souleymane Youla, Aristide Bancé, Kandia Traoré, Lacina Traoré, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Joël Tiéhi, Nogbou Manouan Markdonald, Mariko Daouda. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only* Appearances (Goals) Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (born January 31, 1962 in Lagos) is a former football defender from Nigeria. An important player for Nigeria, Keshi was captain of the squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and played in five different African Nations Cup tournaments, helping to win the 1994 African Nations Cup. His last club was Perlis FA in Malaysia. In 2000, a testimonial match was arranged for him in Lagos, Nigeria. After a playing career mostly with Belgian clubs, Keshi went to the United States to be educated in coaching. In 1996 he was joined by Augustine Eguavoen, who once coached the Nigerian national team. They played together in California as the backbone of the defense for the short-lived Sacramento Scorpions. Keshi has been a part of the coaching staff for the Nigerian national team, most notably as head coach for the Junior Eagles at the 2004 Olympic soccer tournament. Between 2004 and 2006 Keshi coached the Togo national football team, unexpectedly bringing them to their first World Cup tournament, Germany 2006. Having secured Togo's unlikely qualification, he was promptly replaced by German coach Otto Pfister prior to the World Cup finals, after Togo showed a dismal performance and failed to advance to the tournament stage in 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. However, Pfister did not last beyond a controversial World Cup campaign that nearly resulted in a player's strike over pay and Togo remained without a manager until February 2007 Books, , Stade-Dabidjan-Players~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<