Kadiri Ikhana (born 31 December 1951) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who last managed Kano Pillars.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1951-12-31) 31 December 1951 (age 70)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Ilorin, Nigeria[2] | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
National team | |||
Nigeria | |||
Teams managed | |||
El-Kanemi Warriors | |||
BCC Lions | |||
Kwara United | |||
Sunshine Stars | |||
Sharks | |||
Giwa | |||
2003 | Enyimba | ||
2004 | Nigeria Olympic | ||
2008 | Kano Pillars | ||
2012 | Nigeria women | ||
2013 | Nasarawa United | ||
2014–2015 | Enyimba | ||
2016 | Shooting Stars | ||
2016–2017 | Kano Pillars |
Ikhana played club football with Bendel Insurance, winning the league in 1979 and the FA Cup in 1978 and 1980.[3]
Ikhana represented Nigeria at international level, playing for them in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.[1] He won the 1980 African Cup of Nations with Nigeria.[3]
Ikhana has coached a number of Nigerian club sides, including El-Kanemi Warriors, BCC Lions, Kwara United, Sunshine Stars, Sharks and Giwa.[4]
Ikhana managed Nigeria's Enyimba, winning the African Champions League in 2003.[5] He was awarded CAF's Coach of the Year that same year.[5] In 2004, he was manager of the Nigerian men's Olympic team.[6]
He later managed Kano Pillars, before resigning in May 2008, citing corruption in the sport.[5] He had led Kano Pillars to their first ever league title a day earlier.[7]
He was appointed manager of the Nigerian women's national team in April 2012,[8] before resigning in November 2012.[9]
He was managing Nasarawa United in November 2013 when he decided to retire from the sport.[10] He returned to Enyimba, winning another league title, before moving to Shooting Stars in February 2016.[11] He returned to Kano Pillars in November 2016,[4][12] before being sacked in April 2017.[13]
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