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Festus Adegboyega Onigbinde (born 1942 in Modakeke) is a Nigerian football manager. He coached Nigeria national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, an achievement he had already gotten, between 1982 and 1984.
But the Japan/South Korea edition was the worst Nigerian performance in the World Cup history: for the first time in this competition, Nigeria did not win a single match and was knocked out of the tournament in the first round.
In the first game they lost 0-1 to Argentina, after a goal of Gabriel Batistuta. In the second match, against Sweden, Nigeria lost 1-2 after leading 1-0, meaning the elimination of the World Cup. The third game was a goalless draw to England.
After the World Cup, some Nigerian players, like Jay-Jay Okocha and Julius Aghahowa, criticized Onigbinde for nominating the wrong players.
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Nigeria national football team – Managers |
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Finch (1948–54) • Anyiam (1954–56) • Courtier (1956–60) • Beit haLavi (1960–61) • Vardar (1961–63) • Penna (1963–64) • Anyiam (1964–65) • Ember (1965–68) • Amaechina (1968–70) • Marotze (1970–72) • Penna (1972–73) • Marotze (1973–74) • Tihomir (1974–78) • Glória (1978–82) • Göller (1982) • Onigbinde (1982–84) • Udemezue (1984–86) • Ekeji (1986) • Hoener (1986–89) • Hamilton (1989) • Westerhof (1989–94) • Amodu (1994–95) • Bonfrere (1995–96) • Amodu (1996–97) • Troussier (1997–98) • Sinclair (1998) • Milutinović (1998) • Libregts (1998–99) • Bonfrere (1999–00) • Amodu (2000–02) • Onigbinde (2002) • Chukwu (2002–05) • Eguavoen (2005–07) • Vogts (2007–08) • Peters (2008) • Amodu (2008–)
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