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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Nobody: 9:49am On May 05, 2021
onomeabuja:
And some of our boyz in those days still de claim 40yrs & 45yrs....,
the thing wen de pain past be say..., those our old men of those days days still de do dreadlock & wear earing undecided

If you want to make it as a nigerian footballer, you have to lie about your age.

Until Nigerian fans can afford tickets of up to 20000 naira or more per game, and Nigerian companies can pay TV rights money at a par with LaLiga and Premier league....lying is going to continue

Yes, it is bad., yes it should not happen, yes it has battered our chances of winning internationaLLY, but you cannot leave school, earn less than 200 dollars monthly, and then retire in your thirties with what?
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by GreenArrow1(m): 9:52am On May 05, 2021
Up coach! Happy birthday sir.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Nobody: 9:54am On May 05, 2021
I only hear his name, never saw him in action but things I've heard about him so far are nice so happy birthday sir and may you live long.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by imoh4king(m): 9:55am On May 05, 2021
Happy Birthday Sir.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by sucess001(m): 9:55am On May 05, 2021
Looks good. Ageing gracefully
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by fubsy: 9:55am On May 05, 2021
Happy Birthday Coach. You led a team that was dreaded in the world. Who would have imagined that the Super Eagles (Nigeria) would be rated 5th in the world? You did it with ease with the likes of Stephen Keshi, Augustine Eguavon, Finidi George, Rashidi Yekini, Peter Rufai, etc
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by SouthPaw24(m): 9:55am On May 05, 2021
Nice cake.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by OBALOLA55(m): 9:56am On May 05, 2021
Ishilove:
He has changed so much. I remember how unhappy he looked in that AFCON '94 finals and when I asked my dad why, he shrugged and said 'Nigeria'.
AGBALAGBI

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Blackman101: 10:01am On May 05, 2021
happy birthday to a man with a heart of lion and a skin of an elephant.

81 year old how time flies
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Beverlyjean(f): 10:02am On May 05, 2021
Most successful coach ...not most successful foreign coach

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by baralatie(m): 10:05am On May 05, 2021
onomeabuja:
And some of our boyz in those days still de claim 40yrs & 45yrs....,
the thing wen de pain past be say..., those our old men of those days days still de do dreadlock & wear earing undecided
grin
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Telstar: 10:06am On May 05, 2021
The Dutch is the most suitable for us. We play similar style of football with them. The Germans don't play stylish football and are very direct in their approach.

Happy birthday to Clemens Westerhof.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Kingcalls: 10:06am On May 05, 2021
paulolee:

av heard so many pundits speaks highly about him but its just too bad dt i didnt watch him dt much coaching Nigeria....I mean dt time I was more of a child watching football for d fun of it and i knew nothing about tactics and the key analysis of coaching but I knew he did great works for team Nigeria because whenever foreign coaches are mentioned, he and bonfre jo do tops d list..

No wonder u still think likecs child ... henceforth, I will stop arguing with u when it comes to soccer...I also saw a post of urs that shows u are also a simp... u will still grow to understand football and women better
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by BabaO2: 10:11am On May 05, 2021
So in that first picture, the man was 51 and finidi was 19, I don't know why our people too dey lie...
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Telstar: 10:12am On May 05, 2021
paulolee:

av heard so many pundits speaks highly about him but its just too bad dt i didnt watch him dt much coaching Nigeria....I mean dt time I was more of a child watching football for d fun of it and i knew nothing about tactics and the key analysis of coaching but I knew he did great works for team Nigeria because whenever foreign coaches are mentioned, he and bonfre jo do tops d list..
Yeah, Jo Bonfrere was also fantastic. They are the best coaches. If the NFA then had worked so well without being selfish, Nigeria would have won the world cup.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by mysticwarrior(m): 10:12am On May 05, 2021
I watched this man coached the super eagles in Tunisia 94, a victory over defending champions Ivory coast was my best match of that tournament. During the USA 94 world cup, crazy super eagles fans will never forget how he made a formidable combination of Daniel Amokachi, Emanuel Amunike, Finidi George and the deadly Rashidi Yekini to form the greatest super eagles attack in Nigerian football history. he is the best coach Nigeria has ever had.

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by RingRoadMafia: 10:18am On May 05, 2021
Fibonacci88:
I thought they said he had HIV. Look at him looking very healthy at 80 while those who might have stigmatized him won't get beyond 60

Please do your research, he's not HIV positive. No soil the man good name. Edit your post abeg.

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Telstar: 10:26am On May 05, 2021
mysticwarrior:
I watched this man coached the super eagles in Tunisia 94, a victory over defending champions Ivory coast was my best match of that tournament. During the USA 94 world cup, crazy super eagles fans will never forget how he made a formidable combination of Daniel Amokachi, Emanuel Amunike, Finidi George and the deadly Rashidi Yekini to form the greatest super eagles attack in Nigerian football history. he is the best coach Nigeria has ever had.
Yeah. Jo Bonfere as an assistant was a tactical coach. He was technically and tactically sound.

Not what we have now. Nigeria then, played a high level of football.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by paulolee(m): 10:32am On May 05, 2021
Kingcalls:


No wonder u still think likecs child ... henceforth, I will stop arguing with u when it comes to soccer...I also saw a post of urs that shows u are also a simp... u will still grow to understand football and women better
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lolz....dts online madness wen people judge others based on wats online..
met a sport editor last month during a job interview as a presenter and we were discussing soccer bt he kept asking if my age was true bcoz I seems to know about foreign soccer more than him.
I dnt follow naija football then doesn't make me a baby.....I grew up in d hood wr European football wr taken more seriously than oir local football.....bt if dts wat u tink abt me, no wahala

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by explosiveskull(m): 10:33am On May 05, 2021
Vinnie2000:



Wow!! You watched AFCON Finals with ur Dad in 1994??

Meaning, You be Senior Sist!!..

We supposed to dey Butu (Greet in Urhobo language) for you oo..

I now understand her posts.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by ELKHALIFAISIS(m): 10:41am On May 05, 2021
How is he the most successful coach super Eagles ever had ... what did he do Stephen Keshi didn't do... anyway a prophet will never have value in his land
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by od501: 10:44am On May 05, 2021
Racoon:
-Most successful foreign coach in Super Eagles' history celebrates 81st birthday in style

- Clemens Westerhof was appointed Super Eagles coach back in 1989 by the then NFA.

- The Dutchman led Nigeria to win AFCON in 1994 and also to their first World Cup appearance

- Fans have taken to social media to celebrate with the icon on his 81st birthday




https://www.legit.ng/amp/1414384-most-successful-foreign-coach-super-eagles-history-celebrates-81st-birthday-style.html?__twitter_impression=true

Idah Pee wrote:


https://mobile.twitter.com/IdahPeterside/status/1389325538280550408

Oyibo and long life shaa
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by shadrach77: 10:46am On May 05, 2021
RingRoadMafia:


Please do your research, he's not HIV positive. No soil the man good name. Edit your post abeg.

Don't mind them. Nigerians always finding ways to soil people's names. cry
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by KallmemrB0: 11:07am On May 05, 2021
AmazingELixir:


undecided


What is diswan talking about...so Bulgaria and Greece are your definition of world football powers....the likes of Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Holland are terrestrial football powers then.
mentioning Spain shows you don't watch football in the 90s
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by shadrach77: 11:31am On May 05, 2021
ELKHALIFAISIS:
How is he the most successful coach super Eagles ever had ... what did he do Stephen Keshi didn't do... anyway a prophet will never have value in his land
He is by far Nigeria's most successful coach. Apart from taking Nigeria to her first ever World Cup, he won AFCON silver in 90, Bronze in 92 and won the trophy in 94

Keshi won AFCON and took Nigeria to the World Cup but that was it. As defending champions, we couldn't even qualify the following year.

Also the quality of football and players during his time is unparalleled. The team had about four players vying for every position. Some top quality players did not even make the team.

Keshi won AFCON with a lacklustre team who were just fortunate enough to find form at the right moment

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Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by AKWATGOLD1(m): 11:42am On May 05, 2021
Happy 81st Birthday Clemens Westerhof.

Great Coach Nigeria ever have which place the country in world football map and expose our players to European clubs.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Petacephas: 11:48am On May 05, 2021
Living legend. He walked to Abacha directly if he needed something. He had guts, politicians have hijacked the only thing that gives us joy as a people. I remember how the whole country went agog the day the super eagles beat Bulgaria in that first match at the USA'94. See the classic goals, not forgetting the diving header from Amunike. Oh! The eagles have been reduced to chickens by thieves called politicians. We can still get there.
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Burgerlomo: 12:05pm On May 05, 2021
HBD sir cool
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by Killermamba: 12:15pm On May 05, 2021
Racoon:
Many hearty HBD sir! I respect Clemens Westerhof a lots.His decision to camp the Eagles in Papendal-Holland for intensive training prior to the USA 1994 world cup was a wise decision.

This is because it simply helped the Tunisia-94 nation's cup-winning eagles champions to blend to a formidable team that knocked off the world football powers like Bulgaria, Greece in our first outing @ the world stage.Nigeria was not just lucky enough with the second round game against Italy

This guy resemble peter Griffin
Re: Clemens Westerhof Celebrates His 81st Birthday (Pictures) by ElValiente(m): 12:19pm On May 05, 2021
That baby at the back look mixed. Is it true what I heard?

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