The outstanding Nigerian coach coached three national teams (Togo, Mali and Nigeria) for (in total) 117 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
For his international matches as player, see Stephen Okechukwu Keshi - International Appearances.
Born: 23- 1-1962 Died: 8- 6-2016 Country: Nigeria Matches as Coach: 117 (W53-D32-L32 - GF180-GA123 - %58.97) Matches as Coach for Togo : 33 (W15-D 5-L13 - GF 44-GA 40 - %53.03) Matches as Coach for Mali : 24 (W11-D 6-L 7 - GF 41-GA 26 - %58.33) Matches as Coach for Nigeria: 60 (W27-D21-L12 - GF 95-GA 57 - %62.50) Age First Match: 42 yr 116 d 19- 5-2004 vs. Benin 1-0 Age Last Match: 53 yr 141 d 13- 6-2015 vs. Chad 2-0 National Team Career: 11 yr 25 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Togo
first tenure
1 19- 5-04 Cotonou Benin 1-0
2 23- 5-04 Lomé Benin 1-1
3 5- 6-04 Lusaka Zambia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 14- 6-04 Accra Ghana 0-0
5 30- 6-04 Lomé Senegal 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
6 4- 7-04 Monrovia Liberia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 5- 9-04 Lomé Congo-Brazzav. 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 10-10-04 Lomé Mali 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 27- 3-05 Bamako Mali 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 29- 5-05 Lomé Burkina Faso 1-0
11 5- 6-05 Lomé Zambia 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
12 18- 6-05 Dakar Senegal 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
13 17- 8-05 Rouen Morocco 1-0
14 4- 9-05 Lomé Liberia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 8-10-05 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
16 11-11-05 Tehran Paraguay 2-4 LG Cup
17 13-11-05 Tehran Iran 0-2 LG Cup
18 7- 1-06 Viry-Chatillon Guinea 0-1
19 10- 1-06 Monastir Ghana 1-0
20 21- 1-06 Cairo Congo-Kinshasa 0-2 African Nations Cup
21 25- 1-06 Cairo Cameroon 0-2 African Nations Cup
22 29- 1-06 Cairo Angola 2-3 African Nations Cup
second tenure
23 7- 2-07 Lomé Cameroon 2-2
24 25- 3-07 Lomé Sierra Leone 3-1 African Cup Qual.
25 25- 4-07 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 African Cup Qual.
26 17- 6-07 Cotonou Benin 1-4 African Cup Qual.
27 22- 8-07 Lomé Zambia 3-1
28 12-10-07 Lomé Mali 0-2 African Cup Qual.
29 18-11-07 Accra Ghana 0-2
30 21-11-07 Accra UA Emirates 5-0
31 25- 3-08 Paris Guinea 0-2
third tenure
32 4- 9-11 Lomé Botswana 0-1 African Cup Qual.
33 8-10-11 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 African Cup Qual.
Coach for Mali
1 1- 6-08 Bamako Congo-Brazzav. 4-2 WCQ / ACQ
2 7- 6-08 N'Djaména Chad 2-1 WCQ / ACQ
3 14- 6-08 Omdurman Sudan 2-3 WCQ / ACQ
4 22- 6-08 Bamako Sudan 3-0 WCQ / ACQ
5 19- 8-08 Mantes-la-Ville Gabon 0-1
6 7- 9-08 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 0-1 WCQ / ACQ
7 11-10-08 Bamako Chad 2-1 WCQ / ACQ
8 18-11-08 Rouen Algeria 1-1
9 11- 2-09 Bois-Guillaume Angola 4-0
10 28- 3-09 Omdurman Sudan 1-1 WCQ / ACQ
11 25- 4-09 Bamako Equat. Guinea 3-0
12 7- 6-09 Bamako Ghana 0-2 WCQ / ACQ
13 21- 6-09 Bamako Benin 3-1 WCQ / ACQ
14 12- 8-09 Rouen Burkina Faso 3-0
15 6- 9-09 Cotonou Benin 1-1 WCQ / ACQ
16 11-10-09 Bamako Sudan 1-0 WCQ / ACQ
17 15-11-09 Kumasi Ghana 2-2 WCQ / ACQ
18 27-12-09 Doha North Korea 0-1
19 30-12-09 Doha Iran 2-1
20 2- 1-10 Doha Qatar 0-0
21 4- 1-10 Dubai Egypt 0-1
22 10- 1-10 Luanda Angola 4-4 African Nations Cup
23 14- 1-10 Luanda Algeria 0-1 African Nations Cup
24 18- 1-10 Cabinda Malawi 3-1 African Nations Cup
Coach for Nigeria
first tenure
1 12-11-11 Benin Botswana 0-0
2 15-11-11 Kaduna Zambia 2-0
3 11- 1-12 Abuja Angola 0-0
4 15- 2-12 Monrovia Liberia 2-0
5 29- 2-12 Kigali Rwanda 0-0 African Cup Qual.
6 12- 4-12 Dubai Egypt 2-3
7 23- 5-12 Lima Peru 0-1
8 3- 6-12 Calabar Namibia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 9- 6-12 Blantyre Malawi 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 16- 6-12 Calabar Rwanda 2-0 African Cup Qual.
11 15- 8-12 Niamey Niger 0-0
12 8- 9-12 Paynesville Liberia 2-2 African Cup Qual.
13 13-10-12 Calabar Liberia 6-1 African Cup Qual.
14 14-11-12 Miami Venezuela 3-1
15 9- 1-13 Faro-Loulé Cape Verde Isl. 0-0
16 21- 1-13 Nelspruit Burkina Faso 1-1 African Nations Cup
17 25- 1-13 Nelspruit Zambia 1-1 African Nations Cup
18 29- 1-13 Nelspruit Ethiopia 2-0 African Nations Cup
19 3- 2-13 Rustenburg Ivory Coast 2-1 African Nations Cup
20 6- 2-13 Durban Mali 4-1 African Nations Cup
21 10- 2-13 Johannesburg Burkina Faso 1-0 African Nations Cup
22 23- 3-13 Calabar Kenya 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
23 31- 5-13 Houston Mexico 2-2
24 5- 6-13 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 12- 6-13 Windhoek Namibia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 17- 6-13 Belo Horizonte Tahiti 6-1 Confederations Cup
27 20- 6-13 Salvador Uruguay 1-2 Confederations Cup
28 23- 6-13 Fortaleza Spain 0-3 Confederations Cup
29 6- 7-13 Kaduna Ivory Coast 4-1 CHAN Qualifier
30 27- 7-13 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2 CHAN Qualifier
31 14- 8-13 Durban South Africa 2-0
32 7- 9-13 Calabar Malawi 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
33 10- 9-13 Kaduna Burkina Faso 4-1
34 13-10-13 Addis Adaba Ethiopia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
35 28-10-13 Amman Jordan 0-1
36 16-11-13 Calabar Ethiopia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
37 18-11-13 London Italy 2-2
38 4- 1-14 Abuja Ethiopia 2-1
39 11- 1-14 Cape Town Mali 1-2 CHAN Cup
40 15- 1-14 Cape Town Mozambique 4-2 CHAN Cup
41 19- 1-14 Cape Town South Africa 3-1 CHAN Cup
42 25- 1-14 Cape Town Morocco 4-3 CHAN Cup
43 29- 1-14 Mangaung Ghana 0-0 [1] CHAN Cup
44 1- 2-14 Cape Town Zimbabwe 1-0 CHAN Cup
45 5- 3-14 Atlanta Mexico 0-0
46 28- 5-14 London Scotland 2-2
47 3- 6-14 Chester Greece 0-0
48 7- 6-14 Jacksonville United States 1-2
49 16- 6-14 Curitiba Iran 0-0 World Cup
50 21- 6-14 Cuiabá Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 World Cup
51 25- 6-14 Porto Alegre Argentina 2-3 World Cup
52 30- 6-14 Brasília France 0-2 World Cup
53 6- 9-14 Calabar Congo-Brazzav. 2-3 African Cup Qual.
54 10- 9-14 Cape Town South Africa 0-0 African Cup Qual.
55 11-10-14 Khartoum Sudan 0-1 African Cup Qual.
56 15-10-14 Abuja Sudan 3-1 African Cup Qual.
57 15-11-14 Pointe Noire Congo-Brazzav. 2-0 African Cup Qual.
58 19-11-14 Uyo South Africa 2-2 African Cup Qual.
second tenure
59 29- 3-15 Nelspruit South Africa 1-1
60 13- 6-15 Kaduna Chad 2-0 African Cup Qual.
[1] Nigeria lost 1-4 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
117 53 32 32 180- 123 138 58.97
Types of Matches
Friendlies 41
World Cup Qualifier 30
African Cup Qualifier 17
African Nations Cup 12
CHAN Cup 6
Confederations Cup 3
World Cup 4
CHAN Qualifier 2
Other Tournaments 2
Total matches: 117
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