Sebastian Brodericks Imaseun, the man who led Nigeria to her first soccer glory at the U-17 World Cup in China is dead.
The 1985 U-17 champion’s coach who had been bedridden for a long time, reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday morning according to family sources.
The 85 years old had been diagnosed with Ischemic stroke in December 2022 and had been receiving treatment before he took his last breath at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks or narrows an artery leading to the brain. The blood clot often forms in arteries damaged by the buildup of plaques (atherosclerosis).
One of the players Brodericks-Imasuen coached at the 1989 U17 World Cup in Scotland, Bamidele Oguntuashe, first broke the news before another confirmation came from Harrison Jalla, the Chairman, of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria Task Force through a WhatsApp post.
