Breaking: Ex-Golden Eaglets coach, Kabiru Baleria dead
Former Golden Eaglets Assistant coach, Kabiru Baleria is dead.
The sad news of his demise frittered in from Kano on Tuesday after a brief illness.
The former Kano Pillars coach remains will be buried the same day according to the Islamic rites.
The late Baleria had served the country in various capacity as a competent strategist from Golden Eaglets to the national Under-20 teams as Assistant coach.
Former youth international who was in the Super Eagles’ 1990 ECOWAS Cup winning team. He was also an outstanding striker in his heyday playing for Golden Stars of Kano ; El-Kanemi FC; Al-Arabi FC of Saudi Arabia; Julius Berger; Kano Pillars and Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon.
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He had been on the coaching staff of Kano Pillars since 2000 helping the team to win four domestic Premier League titles.