Tuesday, March, 10 2026 - Former Super Eagles coach, Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, has d!ed at the age of 88.
The family announced his death in a statement signed by Mrs.
Bolade Adesuyi, confirming that the football icon and community leader died on
Monday, March 9.
“With great
gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of this great
man: a Modakeke High Chief, the 1st indigenous Nigerian Super Eagles football
coach, father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend –
High Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde,” the family statement read.
“We thank
God for the fulfilled life and your contributions to the Nigeria nation and the
world as an unequalled football coach,” the statement continued. “We pray that
your soul will rest perfectly in the bosom of your & our Lord Jesus Christ.
Good night till we meet to part no more.”
Onigbinde was Nigeria’s first indigenous coach, having first
handled the national team between 1983 and 1984.
He led the Green Eagles to a silver medal at the 1984 Africa
Cup of Nations, where Nigeria lost to Cameroon in the final.
Onigbinde also led the Super Eagles to the 2002 FIFA World
Cup in South Korea and Japan.
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