- From 1981 to 1995 when he stopped playing international football for Nigeria, Keshi appeared 64 times in the Eagles colour and scored a total of nine goals.
- He served as head coach for the Junior Eagles at the 2001 African Youth Championship.
- He spoke French and English fluently.
- Keshi was one of the only two soccer stars, along with Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach.
- He won the African Nations Cup in 1994 as a captain and as a coach in 2013.
- His wife of 33 years, Kate died on December 9, 2015 after losing a long battle with cancer.
- Keshi is survived by four children and his mother.
