Stephen Keshi
Stephen Keshi
Stephen Okechukwu Keshiwas a Nigerian football defender. He was also a football manager of the Nigeria national team. He was one of only two people, along with Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a coach...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth23 January 1962
fields remember mute
I remember when Samuel Okwaraji died on the field, I was mute and I didn't even know what I was doing or what I was saying.
game grow learn
That's the way the game is. When you lose, you learn from it, you grow from it.
life
It's only football. There's more to life than that.
believe finish thinks trying
Don't believe him. He thinks he's a superstar, he is trying to finish me.
african asking cup money morale nations
They were asking for the money for qualifying for the African Cup of Nations - as some kind of morale booster.
confident win
We know we have to win this one, we'll be ok. I'm still confident we'll make the quarter-finals.
He is still part of the squad. Will he play another match? That's up to him and how he does in training.
charge national remain sacked
I have not been sacked and I remain in charge of the national team.
deserved improvement last lose
I didn't think we deserved to lose by that score. It was a big improvement on the last game.
winning player faults
If you lose, it's the coach's fault and if you win, the players are credible, they are indispensable, so whatever happens it's going to be the coach.
jobs thinking giving
It's not going to determine whether I will remain with Nigeria or not. I don't have a contract and I'm not depending on this match to give me a contract. So please don't think I will die in the Nigeria job.
player people feels
It's always good to have your players with you, it makes you feel great. That is just it. The coach and the players understand one another but people outside don't understand. But it's good to see him, it's good to see all the players.
believe player quality
Mfon Udoh is a good player and I've had him before I know the quality he has. And I believe this is a lesson that everything is all about time, that everybody's time will come and if you're doing well your time will surely come.
goalkeepers shattered heard
I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered.