Former Green Eagles Player & Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu Dies At 74

Former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, popularly known as “Chairman” had died at the age of 74 years.

The former Green Eagles Player, Christian Chukwu, first coached the Kenyan national team in 1998 before he was appointed Head Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles in 2003 where he led the team to the semi-final of the 2004 African Cup of Nations, AFCON.

As a player, Chukwu was the captain of the Nigerian national team, then known as the Green Eagles that first lifted the AFCON trophy in 1980.

Reacting to the news, his friend and teammate, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS said, “My Chairman has passed on! I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and team mate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s football history, former captain and coach of Nigeria’s national football team, has passed on.”

“Babuje, Emmanuel Okala, MON, gave me the sad news a few minutes ago! May ‘Onyim’ find peace with Our Creator in Heaven, and console his family.”