Kadiri Ikhana

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Kadiri Ikhana
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-12-31) 31 December 1951 (age 71) [1]
Place of birth Ilorin, Nigeria [2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder [2]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Nigeria
Managerial career
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

Kadiri Ikhana (born 31 December 1951) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who last managed Kano Pillars.

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Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Honours

As a player

With Bendel Insurance
With Nigeria

As a coach

With Enyimna
With Kano Pillars

Individual

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References

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