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Samson Siasia (born August 14, 1964 in Lagos) is a former football striker from Nigeria.
[edit] Playing career[edit] Club careerAt club level, Siasia most notably played for French team FC Nantes where he became league champion in 1994/95. He also played for Australian club Perth Glory with fellow Nigerian Peter Anosike, as well as in Belgium, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Israel. [edit] International careerHe played 46 international matches for Nigeria, in which he scored thirteen goals, and was part of the team that participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup [1] and won the 1994 African Nations Cup. He participated in the National Team over a period of 11 years and was recognized in Nigeria as the third leading scorer for the National Team. [edit] Honours[edit] Coaching careerIn 2005, Samson Siasia coached the under 20 team (Flying Eagles), taking them to the finals of both the 2005 Under-20 World Cup and the U-20 African Youth Championship. He won the African Youth Championship and advanced all the way to the world final - before losing to Argentina 2-1. He also assisted Augustine Eguavoen in coaching the national team. Samson Siasia was appointed national U-23 coach on January 2007. In 2008, he coached the Nigerian Under-23 Olympic squad to the final against Argentina. In a superbly played series of matches, Nigeria's team earned the Olympic Silver Medals. Earlier in 2008, the U-23 team won the inaugural Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia. This fine team was composed entirely of domestic Nigerian players and won the Cup against many teams headed for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. In addition to his position as head coach of the Under 23 Olympic Eagles, he developed a youth academy in the capital city Abuja, called SiaOne Soccer Academy. On March 17, 2009, he was reappointed as the head coach of the under-20 team after the finished a disappointing 3rd in the 2009 African Youth Championship. [edit] Coaching Highlights
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Categories: 1967 births | Living people | People from Lagos (city) | Nigerian footballers | Nigeria international footballers | Nigerian expatriate footballers | 1994 FIFA World Cup players | 1995 King Fahd Cup players | Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Olympic footballers of Nigeria | Nigerian football managers | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players | FC Nantes Atlantique players | Al-Hilal players | Perth Glory players | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. players | Belgian First Division footballers | Ligue 1 players | Portuguese Liga footballers | Expatriate footballers in Belgium | Expatriate footballers in France | Expatriate footballers in Portugal | Expatriate football (soccer) players in Australia | Expatriate footballers in Israel | National Soccer League (Australia) players | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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