Joe Erico, former Super Eagles goalkeeping coach, dies at 72

0
376

Uba Group

FORMER Green Eagle and Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico, is dead.

He died at the age of 72, it was learnt.

The former Julius Berger manager, popularly known as Jogo Bonito Exponent, died after battling with an undisclosed ailment.

Sport stakeholders have continued to react to the demise of the later footballer.

“Former @NGSuperEagles goalkeeping coach Joe Erico has passed on at 72, one of his family members just told me on phone.

“He had complained of a minor stomach ache on Monday evening and on Tuesday morning, he waved the world goodbye. May God grant Jogobonito eternal rest,” Goal.com Nigeria’s Chief Editor, Shina Oludare.