Pa Joseph Ladipo (10 July 1941 – 9 May 2013) was a Nigerian

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and

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Career

During his playing career, Ladipo played for Shooting Stars until 1973. Upon his retirement, he became the club's assistant manager, before being promoted to the first team coach in 1977. From 1982 to 1988, he was the manager of Leventis United. He then returned to manage Shooting Stars from 1990 to 1992. Ladipo was the head coach of the Nigeria women's national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also led Nigeria to win the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nig ...

, and finished third place at the 2008 African Women's Championship.

Personal life

Ladipo was born in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its ...

, and was nicknamed Jossy Lad. He died on 9 May 2013 at his home in Ibadan at the age of 71.

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* * 1941 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Ibadan Nigerian footballers Shooting Stars S.C. players Nigerian football managers Shooting Stars S.C. managers Women's association football managers Nigeria women's national football team managers Leventis United F.C. managers Association footballers not categorized by position {{Nigeria-footy-bio-stub