Samson Siasia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Samson Siasia

Nigerian footballer

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1967

Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Samson Siasia (born 14 August 1967) is a Nigerian former football striker and the former head coach of the Nigerian Men's National football team (also known by their nickname The Super Eagles) from 2010 to October 2011.
He was reappointed in 2016.
On 16 August 2019, international governing body of football, FIFA banned Siasia from the game for life, following a match-fixing investigation.
The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee stated that the former Nigerian coach pleaded guilty of having accepted “bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics”.