Stephen Keshi
Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (Haihuwa: 23 Janairun shekarar 1962 - Rasuwa: 7 June din shekarata 2016) ya kasance mai tsaron baya na kungiyar kwallon kafar kasar Nijeriya hakanan kuma manaja mai horar da yan wasan.

A lokacin wasan sa, yana buga ma kasar Najeriya wasanni 60, wanda hakan yasa ya zamo dan wasa na biyu da ya fi kowa taka leda a lokacin da yayi ritaya. Ya wakilci kasar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta shekarar 1994 da gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka na shekarar 1994, ya jagoranci Super Eagles zuwa nasara a karshen gasar. Ya kuma buga wasan kwallon kafa a kasashe biyar, musamman Belgium, inda ya ci gasar zakarun Belgium tare da RSC Anderlecht a shekarar 1991. 

A matsayinsa na manaja, Keshi ya sami nasara ta hanyar cancantar Togo don buga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA daya tak a tarihinta a shekarar 2006.  Ko yaya, ya bar matsayin kafin gasar kuma Otto Pfister ya kuma maye gurbinsa. Daga baya ya horar da kasarsa ta haihuwa Najeriya, inda ya zama daya daga cikin mutane biyu, tare da Mahmud El-Gohary na Masar, da suka dauki Kofin Afirka a matsayin dan wasa da kuma koci.

Yin wasa 
Bayan buga wasa galibi tare da kulob-Kulob din Belgium, inda ya ci gasar zakarun Turai tare da RSC Anderlecht a shekarar 1991.  Keshi ya tafi Amurka don samun ilimin koyarwa.

Kocin aiki 
A shekarar 1996, ya kasance tare da Augustine Eguavoen, wanda ya taba horar da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya. Sun yi wasa tare a cikin Kalifoniya a matsayin kashin bayan tsaro don gajeren wasan kunama na Sacramento . Keshi ya kasance wani bangare na ma'aikatan horas da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya, musamman a matsayinsa na babban kocin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Junior Eagles a Gasar Afirka ta Matasa ta shekarar 2001 wanda kuma ya kasance matsayin cancantar shiga gasar FIFA ta Matasan Duniya ta shekarar 2001, ba tare da nasara ba. 

Tsakanin shekarar 2004 da shekarar 2006 Keshi ya horar da tawagar Togo, abin mamaki ya kawo su gasar Kofin Duniya ta farko, Jamus a shekarar 2006 . Bayan da ya samu nasarar cancantar Togo, ba tare da bata lokaci ba ya maye gurbinsa da kocin Jamus Otto Pfister kafin wasan cin Kofin Duniya, bayan da Togo ta nuna bajinta kuma ta kasa tsallakewa zuwa matakin fitar da kai a gasar cin Kofin Kasashen Afirka ta shekarar 2006 a Masar.  Koyaya, Pfister bai wuce yakin neman gasar cin kofin duniya ba wanda ya kusan haifar da yajin aikin dan wasa kan albashi kuma Togo ta kasance ba tare da kociya ba har zuwa watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2007 lokacin da suka sake kulla yarjejeniya da Keshi a wasan sada zumunci da Kamaru . 

Ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan kungiyar kwallon kafar ta Mali, bayan da aka nada shi a watan Afrilun shekarar 2008 kan yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu.  An kori Keshi ne a watan Janairun shekarar 2010, bayan fitar Mali da wuri a wasannin rukuni na Kofin Afirka na shekarar 2010 .

Tawagar Nigeria 
Keshi ya zama kocin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya a shekarar 2011.   Ya jagoranci Najeriya zuwa tsallakewa zuwa Gasar cin Kofin Afirka na shekarar 2013, wanda suka ci gaba, bayan da ta doke Burkina Faso da ci 1 da 0 a wasan karshe.  Washegari Keshi ya mika takardar murabus dinsa,  kawai ya sauya shawarar tasa washegari.  Keshi ya jagoranci Najeriya zuwa gasar cin kofin nahiyoyi na shekarar 2013, ta lallasa Tahiti da ci 6-1, sannan ta sha kashi a hannun Uruguay da ci 1-2 a wasa na biyu, sannan kuma ta sha kashi ci 0 da 3 ga wadanda suka ci Kofin Duniya, Spain a wasansu na karshe na rukuni.

A ranar 16 ga watan Nuwamba shekarar 2013, Keshi na Najeriya ya samu nasarar tsallakewa zuwa Gasar cin Kofin Duniya ta shekarar 2014 bayan doke Habasha da ci 4-1 jimillar kwallaye biyu a wasan .  Keshi ya kafa tarihi a wasan kwallon kafa na Afirka kasancewar shi kocin Afirka na farko da ya cancanci kasashen Afirka biyu (Najeriya da Togo) a gasar cin kofin duniya a shekarar 2005 da shekarar 2013. Ya kuma taimakawa Nijeriya ta zama kasa ta farko da ta fara cin Kofin Kasashen Afirka da kuma cancantar zuwa Kofin Duniya, duka a shekarar 2013. 

Najeriya ta ci gaba zuwa matakin fitar da Kofin Duniya na shekarar 2014. Sun fara gasar ne da kunnen doki 0-0 da Iran, sai kuma wasar da ta tashi da ci 1-0 a kan Bosnia da Herzegovina . Sun sha kashi a wasan rukuni na karshe da suka tashi 2 da 3 tsakaninta da Argentina, amma sun tsallake zuwa zagayen gaba, dan wasan da Bosnia da Herzegovina suka doke Iran daci 3-1. Super Eagles ta sha kashi a hannun Faransa a wasan zagayen farko. Bayan kammala wasan, Keshi ya sanar da yin murabus daga mukaminsa na kocin Super Eagles  amma daga baya ya sauya shawarar bayan da hukumar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ta sabunta kwantiraginsa. 

Tawagarsa ba ta ci wasa ko daya ba a wasan neman cancantar buga gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka ta Morocco a shekarar 2015 kuma ya sanar da cewa zai koma wani aiki idan matsin lamba ya ci gaba da karuwa saboda wasu mutane, wadanda ya ki ambata sunayensu, suna kokarin yi masa zagon kasa. . Koyaya, ya bayyana cewa zai ci gaba da horar da Super Eagles saboda yana kaunar kungiyar kuma yana kaunar kasarsa. 

A watan Yunin shekarar 2014, bayan fitar Najeriya daga Kofin Duniya, kwantiragin Keshi da Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Najeriya (NFF) ya kare kuma ba a sabunta shi ba.  Sanarwar da Kwamitin Zartarwar NFF din ya ce an yanke shawarar, bayan da ta yi nazari sosai kan rahotanni da abubuwan da kwamitin ladabtarwa na NFF da kwamitin fasaha da ci gaban NFF suka yi, da kuma nazarin ayyukan da rashin kwazon Stephen Keshi, a kan aikin nasa Ayyuka a matsayin Babban Kocin Super Eagles, wanda NFF ta gano cewa ba ta da ƙwarin gwiwa da ake buƙata don cimma burin Tarayyar kamar yadda aka tsara a cikin kwantiragin aikin Kocin.

Rayuwar mutum 
An haifi Keshi a ranar 23 ga watan Janairun shekarar 1962 a Azare, jihar Bauchi . Ya fito ne daga garin Illah a karamar hukumar Oshimili ta Arewa a jihar Delta kuma dan asalin kabilar Ibo ne. Keshi yayi karatun sa na farko a makarantar Saint Paul Catholic Nursery da Primary School, Apapa Road, Jihar Legas . Ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Saint Finbarrs, Akoka, Legas a shekarar 1976.  Keshi ya auri matarsa Kate (née Aburime) tsawon shekaru 30. Ta mutu a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 2015, bayan ta yi fama da cutar daji tsawon shekaru uku. Sun haifi yara hudu. Babban dan su Kos Keshi ya buga wasan kwallon kafa da kwarewa. 

Keshi ya kamu da ciwon zuciya kuma ya mutu akan hanyarsa ta zuwa asibiti a ranar 7 ga watan Yuni shekarar 2016 a garin Benin, yana da shekaru 54. Matarsa ta mutu a watan Disambar da ta gabata.

Wasiyya 
Keshi was honoured by Google with a doodle on what would have been his 56th birthday.

Daraja

Mai wasa 
Sabon Bankin Najeriya

 Gasar kulab din Afirka ta Yamma : 1983, 1984

Stade d'Abidjan

 Kwancen Houphoet Boigny : 1985

' Wasannin Afirka

 Rukunin Premier na Cote d'Ivoire : 1986
 Kwancen Cote d'Ivoire : 1986
 Gasar kulab din Afirka ta Yamma : 1986
 Tsarin Houphoet Boigny : 1986

Yankin 

Najeriya

 Kofin Kasashen Afirka : 1994

Manajan 
Najeriya

 Africa Cup of Nations: 2013
 Confederations of African Football – African Coach of the Year 2013.

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗin waje 

 
Mutanen Nijeriya
'Yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Nijeriya
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