JUST IN: Former Super Eagles Coach Christian Chukwu Dies at 74

By Dipo Olowookere

A former coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, has died at the age of 74, reports reaching us stated.

The former Green Eagles captain was said to have passed away on Saturday.

The deceased captained the Nigerian national football team that clinched the country’s first Africa Nations’ Cup (AFCON) trophy in 1980.

He later led the team to the 2004 African Cup of Nations as a coach, reaching the semi-finals. He managed the team from 2003 to 2005 before he left.

At the time of filing this report, details surrounding his death were sketchy.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had yet to comment on the development.

Details later…