Shuaibu Amodu’s death will remain a loss for Nigerian football, according to Fifa legend Yakubu Ayegbeni.
Amodu, 58, died in 2016 – three days after the passing of Stephen Keshi who was his assistant at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali.
Based on the former Super Eagles’ coach's recommendation, 17-year-old Ayegbeni was handed a Nigeria call-up – and made his bow on April 22, 2000, in the 4-0 decimation of Eritrea in a 2002 Afcon qualification game in Lagos.
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The Yak went ahead to feature for the Nigeria U23 team in an ill-fated 2000 Olympics outing where he scored a wonder goal against Honduras.