Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (Big Boss)
**He captained Nigeria to win the 1994 African Cup of Nations.
**He was the first and only coach to qualify Togo to their first ever World Cup in 2006.
**He is the first and only Nigerian coach to win African Cup of Nations.
**He is the second man to win the African Cup of Nations both as a player and as a
coach.
(1994 as a player and 2013 as a coach)
The first was Egypt's Mahmoud El - Gohary.
**Stephen Keshi is the first BLACK coach to make it from a group stage at the World
Cup.
He achieved this in 2014.
Mahieddine Khalef and Rachid Mekhloufi guided Algeria to the second round of the
1982 World Cup.
**Stephen Keshi set a record in African football by being the first African coach to
successfully qualify two African nations (Nigeria and Togo) to the World Cup 2014 and
2006 respectively.
**He also helped Nigeria become the first country to achieve an African Cup of Nations
trophy and World Cup qualification, both in 2013.
Rest In Perfect Peace Stephen Okechukwu Keshi.
Rest In Perfect Peace The Big Boss (A true African legend)

CARDIAC ARREST LED TO STEPHEN KESHI's DEATH Emmanuel Ado a brother to the late coach told PREMIUM TIMES the 54-year-old died of Cardiac arrest in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8. “With thanksgiving to God, the Ogbuenyi Fredrick Keshi family of Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, announces the death of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi,” Mr. Ado said in a statement. He continued “Our son, brother, father, father-in-law, brother-in- law, has gone to be with his wife of 35 years (Nkem ), Mrs. Kate Keshi, who passed on on the 9th December 2015. “Since her death, Keshi has been in mourning. He came back to Nigeria to be with her. He had planned to fly back today Wednesday, before he suffered a cardiac arrest. He has found rest.” REST IN PEACE STEPHEN KESHI So sad

RIP LEGEND

I never liked the man as a coach. Its funny how that has suddenly changed with this news. Life is truly best understood backwards. RIP Big boss.

I loved him so much, he gave us joy and i will forever call him a legend of all time.

emorse:
I never liked the man as a coach. Its funny how that has suddenly changed with this news. Life is truly best understood backwards. RIP Big boss.

if you are close to coaches u will know he was and is the best coach ever to coach our eagles

On 18 November 2013, Stephen keshi set a record in African football by being the
first African coach to successfully qualify two African nations (Nigeria and Togo) to
the World Cup Finals.
He also helped Nigeria become the first country to achieve an African Cup of Nations
trophy and World Cup qualification, both in 2013.
#Big Boss Indeed

Omg....this is bad for the children

Any coach who can't win AFCON after one and half years of appointment and gets to the second round of world cup is a failure. Keshi broke clement westerhof record and set another record of using rookies to win AFCON