Former Nigerian Goalkeeper, Joe Erico Dies At 72

• Former Green Eagles’ goalkeeper and assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico is dead.
• Joe Erico died on Thursday morning at the age of 72 after a brief illness.

A former Green Eagles’ goalkeeper and assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico is dead.

The Late coach reportedly died on Thursday morning at the age of 72 after a brief illness.

As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, Erico had been sick for over three days before his death on Thursday morning.

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Joe Erico Erico alongside late coach Shuaibu Amodu and late Stephen Keshi qualified the Super Eagles for the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup, but were dismissed before the tournament
Popularly known as Jogo Bonito Exponent, Erico stood between the sticks for Electricity Connectors of Nigeria (ECN) and for Green Eagles of Nigeria in his playing days.

Erico was a proponent of Jogo Bonito – an aesthetic football philosophy that is based on the tiki-taka playing pattern similar to that of Brazilian Samba.

He introduced the style of play in Nigeria in the 90s’ while still the coach of Julius Berger FC aka Adewale Bridge boys.

The burial is yet to be disclosed as at the time of filing this report.

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