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Samson Siasia

1967 - Today

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Samson Siasia (born 14 August 1967) is a Nigerian former professional football striker and the former head coach of the Nigeria national team from 2010 to October 2011. He was reappointed in 2016. On 16 August 2019, FIFA banned Siasia from all football activities for life (later reduced to five years), following a match-fixing investigation. The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee stated in 2019 that the former Nigerian coach had accepted "that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Samson Siasia is the 10,189th most popular soccer player (down from 9,838th in 2024), the 138th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 128th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Samson Siasia ranks 10,189 out of 21,273. Before him are Anthony Le Tallec, José Pintos Saldanha, Frédéric Herpoel, Cho Yong-hyung, Deyverson, and Hirotaka Uchibayashi. After him are Gōtoku Sakai, Takeshi Oki, Masao Sugimoto, Silvio Proto, Sammy McIlroy, and Igor Budan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Samson Siasia ranks 846. Before him are Angel Martino, Akinobu Yokouchi, Aaron Krickstein, Yuki Takita, Rebecca Saunders, and Takumi Shima. After him are Masao Sugimoto, Natalia Dorado, Alloysius Agu, Gilles Marguet, Sherri Shepherd, and Fernando Henrique Mariano.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Samson Siasia ranks 138 out of 309. Before him are Asisat Oshoala (1994), Austin Ejide (1984), Peter Utaka (1984), Toks Olagundoye (1975), Nneka (1980), and Segun Odegbami (1952). After him are Alloysius Agu (1967), Daniel Igali (1974), Afro Candy (1971), Chinedu Obasi (1986), Sani Kaita (1986), and Wizkid (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Samson Siasia ranks 61. Before him are Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Thompson Oliha (1968), Asisat Oshoala (1994), Austin Ejide (1984), Peter Utaka (1984), and Segun Odegbami (1952). After him are Alloysius Agu (1967), Chinedu Obasi (1986), Sani Kaita (1986), Jonathan Akpoborie (1968), Godwin Okpara (1972), and Michael Emenalo (1965).

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