Keshi Ranked 5th Best Coach In Africa, 27th In The World.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has moved one step on world coaches ranking for the national teams for the month of April. Keshi is rated the 27th best national coach in the world and the fifth best in Africa despite his triumphant run at the last Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Keshi, who has coached in Togo and Mali, finally made an impact with the Super Eagles when he won the Nations Cup, became the second African to win the trophy as captain and a coach after Egypt’s Mahmoud El Gohary, but all that failed to give Keshi a quantum leap on the world rankings.

Spain coach Vincente Del Bosque is the world’s best coach. While Joachim Lowe of Germany, Bert van Marwijk of Holland, Oscar Taberez of Uruguay, US-born Egyptian coach, Bob Bradley, Reinaldo Rueda Ecuador, Fabio Capello Russia, Morten Olsen Denmark Claudio Cesare Prandelli Italy and Venezuela’s César Farías make the world top ten coaches.

Keshi will come face to face with the Del Bosque and Taberez at the Confederation’s Cup June in Brazil.

At the continental level, Bradley tops the top ten ranking with Michel Dussuyer (19th) of Equatorial Guinea, Zambia coach Herve Renard (24th), Egypt legend Hassan Shehata (26th), Stephen Keshi (27th), Francois Zahoui (45th), Sami Trabelsi (52nd), Alain Giresse (53rd), Kinnah Phiri (63rd), Claude Le Roy (65th) and Rabah Saadane (66th) making up the numbers.

The Football Coach World Ranking is world’s first ranking of football coaches based on actual performance. The national team coach ranking is monthly calculated on the results of 3,800 national soccer matches played over the last 48 months.

The coaches earn ranking points in those international matches that give points for FIFA’s World Ranking. Founded in the Netherlands in 2010, the Institute of Football Coaching Statistics is an independent provider of football coach performance data and statistical analysis.

Jose Mourinho is the world’s best club coach. J. Heynckes of Bayern Munich, Barca’s Tito Vilanova, Diego Simone of Athletico Madrid, Vanderlei Luxemburgo of Grêmio, Man United’s Alex Ferguson J. Klopp of Borussia Dortmund, Tite of Corinthians, Ho Go Kim of Ulsan make up the top ten.

There are no Nigerian club coaches in the world club top 400.

Mike Adenuga Buys Range Rover Evogue & Toyota Camry for Stephen Keshi.

 Globacom chairman and Nigeria's second richest man, chief Mike Adenuga bought a brand new 2013 Range Rover and the latest Toyota Camry for Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi. The cars will be presented to Keshi on Monday April 8th at Globacom office in Victoria Island.

Aside from the cars, Stephen Keshi will also get a house in Abuja, Glo ambassadorship, $200, 000 cash and his salary for the next 2 years from Mike Adenuga. All this is for winning the 2013 Orange African Cup of Nations. 

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Osaze Is A Good Person – Keshi

Nigeria’s head coach, Stephen Keshi has hinted that he might extend the olive branch to renegade forward Osaze Odemwingie; as the striker continues his Twitter rant against his club, West Bromwich Albion. 

Odemwingie was reportedly fined £76,000 by the Hawthorns after he again took to the social networking site to vent his frustrations with his lack of playing time but Keshi, who has also been at the receiving end of some twitter rants from the embattled forward, was quick to jump to Osaze’s aid when questioned about the current situation.

“Osaze is a good kid. But right now, I don’t know exactly what’s going on with him.

“I was surprised when I read that he had been fined such a huge sum of money. But it is hard to say what exactly the situation is until I speak to him.”

In Keshi’s words “I will try to speak to him. Maybe when I talk to him, we can understand a little more of what he is going through, but he’s a good person.”