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Nigeria U15 coach Danladi Nasidi passes away at 68

Nigeria U15 coach Danladi Nasidi has died at the age of 68, the Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed.

According to the country’s football ruling body, Nasidi passed on Wednesday morning and has been buried according to Islamic rites.

We are sad to hear of the passing of National U15 Coach, Danladi Nasidi this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and the football fraternity in Nigeria. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/mT4onBEAvt

— The NFF ud83cuddf3ud83cuddec (@thenff) August 12, 2020

Born on January 1, 1952, Nasidi was among the elite class of coaches in the country to bag a Caf A coaching licence.