Former Super Eagles coach Christian Chukwu Dies, at 74 years old. – Thage

Christian Chukwu, a former Super Eagles player, according to what reported at the beginning of Saturday 12 April 2025, between 9:00 and 10 in the morning

Emmanuel Okala, who also played for the Nigerian national team, confirmed the news at Segun Odegbami, another former Eagles player.

At the time of the presentation of this report, the details that surround his disappearance had not yet been revealed and there has been no declaration by family members or members.

.Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: “I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning,” President “Christian Chukwu, Mfr, my friend and teammate of the breast, one of the greatest football players in the history of Nigeria passed.

“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.”

In 2021, false news about Chukwu’s death had circulated widely, pushing the legendary coach to refute the rumors during his celebration of the seventieth birthday on January 4, 2021.

Reacting then, Chukwu said: “I am terribly embarrassed by this news that I have died. Several people have called me from all over the world since the news is in progress. I am still studying the source of history”.

Chukwu, affectionately known as “president”, was a prominent figure in Nigerian football, both as a player and as a coach. His inheritance in sport remains significant. Chukwu refuted the rumors about his death while celebrating his seventieth birthday on January 4, 2021.

“I am terribly embarrassed by this news that I have died. Several people have called me from all over the world since the news came. I am still studying the source of history.”

Chukwu trained the Kenio national team for the first time in 1998 before being appointed head of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in 2003, where he brought the team to the 2004 African Nations Cup, AFCON.

As a player, he was captain of the Nigerian national team, then known as Green Eagles who raised the AFCC trophy for the first time in 1980

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