The previous Super Birds head mentor had lost Kate, his better half of 35 years, to disease last December.
In an announcement, family representative Emmanuel Ado affirmed Keshi passed on of heart failure in the early hours of Wednesday.
"With thanksgiving to God, the Ogbuenyi Fredrick Keshi group of Illah in Oshimili North Nearby Government Zone of Delta State, declares the passing of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi," Mr. Ado composed.
"Our child, sibling, father, father-in-law, brother by marriage, has gone to be with his significant other of 35 years (Nkem ), Mrs. Kate Keshi, who went on the ninth December 2015.
"Since her demise, Keshi has been in grieving. He returned to Nigeria to be with her. He had wanted to fly back today Wednesday, before he endured a heart failure. He has discovered rest," finished up the announcement.
The Enormous Manager, as he was affectionately called, showed up for the Super Birds in 1981 at age 20 and the focal protector resigned in 1994 in the wake of getting 64 tops and nine objectives as he captained Nigeria to win the 1994 Africa Measure of Countries and in addition their first appearance at the World Container in the USA.
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As mentor, he helped modest Togo achieve the 2006 World Container in Germany before he was sacked and supplanted with German Otto Pfister, couple of months to the competition. He additionally took care of Mali which he took to the 2010 Afcon in Angola.
He drove the Super Hawks side to accomplishment at Afcon 2013 where they won following 19 years. He dealt with the side to the Fifa Confederation Container 2013 and 2014 Fifa World Glass and turned into the African mentor to achieve the thump out stage where they tumbled to France in the Round of 16.
In any case, his side neglected to fit the bill for the 2015 Afcon which prompted his third and last separation by the Nigeria Football League after a long and peevish relationship.
Keshi was the main Nigerian mentor to have won the Africa Measure of Countries and second African to win the trophy both as a player and a mentor.
He began with St. Finbarr's School, Lagos and included for household club sides ACB Football Club and New Nigeria Bank before driving an era of Nigerian footballers abroad when he went to Cote d'Ivoire's Stade d'Abidjan and Africa Sports. He then advanced on to Belgium where he played for Lokeren, Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg, among numerous others.
His tragic passing conveys to five the quantity of previous players in the 'Brilliant Era' of Nigerian football to pass on. Among the triumphant Super Falcons squad of 1994, Uche Okafor, Thompson Oliha, Rashidi Yekini and Wilfred Agbonavbare have all kicked the bucket.
Keshi is made due by four youngsters and his matured mother.
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Ex Nigeria mentor Stephen Keshi kicks the bucket at 54
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