Former goalkeeper and Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico, popularly known as Jogo Bonito is dead.
Super Eagles Media Officer, Babafemi Raji confirmed his death on Thursday morning, January 21, 2021.
For those who don’t know, Joe Erico was a goalkeeper for Electricity Connectors of Nigeria (ECN) and Green Eagles of Nigeria in his playing days.
He was the Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles. He also coached Julius Berger FC a.k.a Adewale Bridge Boys.
Erico alongside late coach Shuaibu Amodu and late Stephen Keshi qualified the Super Eagles for the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup.
