Best Ogedegbe
Best Ogedegbe (3 September 1954 – 28 September 2009), also known as Anthony Best Ogedegbe, was a Nigerian football goalkeeper.[1]
Career[change | change source]
He played with Shooting Stars F.C. most of his career, and was the goalkeeper when Shooting Stars won Nigeria's first continental trophy, the African Cup Winners Cup in 1976.
International career[change | change source]
Ogedegbe played for the Nigeria national football team (then known as the "Green Eagles") when they won the 1980 African Cup of Nations. He also represented Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Coaching career[change | change source]
Ogedegbe was an assistant coach during the 2008-09 season for the Dolphins F.C. He was also a former assistant with Wikki Tourists and the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist team.
Death[change | change source]
He died, aged 55 at the University College Hospital in Ibadan on 28 September 2009. He had done eye operation the previous week, but had gone into a coma following complications from the operation.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Odegbami, Segun (2 November 2019). "Best Ogedegbe and Ibadan, the graveyard of forgotten football heroes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Ajibulu, Emmanuel (1 October 2009). "Green Eagles Goal Keeper, Best Ogedegbe dies of Brain Tumour". The Nigerian Voice. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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