The man who guided the Golden Eaglets to win the first edition of the U-17 World Cup in 1985, in China Sebastine Brodericks-Imasuen, has died.
Sabara as he is popularly called had been on life support at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for more than a year.
It was gathered that the deceased had been undergoing treatment for Ischemic stroke since December 2022, and sadly, he breathed his last at age 85.
Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot obstructs or narrows an artery that supplies blood to the brain.
These blood clots often form in arteries that have been damaged by the accumulation of plaques, a condition known as atherosclerosis.
The news of Brodericks-Imasuen’s death was initially shared by one of the players he trained for the 1989 U17 World Cup in Scotland, Bamidele Oguntuashe. During his coaching career, he also served as an assistant to Clemens Westerhof in the Super Eagles.
Renowned as ‘Sabara’, his most significant achievement as a club player occurred when he netted the decisive goal in Bendel Insurance’s 3-2 triumph over Mighty Jets of Jos in the replay of the 1972 Challenge Cup at the Liberty Stadium.
