{"id":1698,"date":"2019-01-04T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2019-01-04T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:25:19","slug":"painful-loss-of-a-rare-gem-in-nigerian-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/painful-loss-of-a-rare-gem-in-nigerian-football","title":{"rendered":"Painful loss of a rare gem in Nigerian football."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1621717203744609488\" data-legacy-message-id=\"16817f345f5654d0\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":ng\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":nf\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Former Coach of Fc Abuja,\u00a0 a rare gem coach El-yunus Shammah. The coach who was based in kaduna, and had\u00a0 coached clubs like:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nasarawa United FC, Jigawa Golden Stars FC and EFCC FC(formerly FC of Abuja) of Abuja, El-Yunus Shammah past on to his eternal rest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He passed away yesterday evening at a hospital in Jos, Plateau State, following a protracted illness, according to a family source.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Caoch Shammah,\u00a0 was the coach of Fc Abuja in the first round of last season before he quit his position as head coach . 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