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Kanu Nwankwo
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‘There are more Osimhen’s waiting to be discovered at the grassroots’
Over the years, Nigerians have almost always been counted among the best footballers in the world by those who keep the tabs. Even before FIFA merged its end of the year reckonings with France Football’s Ballon D’Or, such players as Finidi George, Victor Ikpeba, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Daniel Amokachi and Sunday Oliseh were at different times listed among the world’s best stars by these bodies.
Osimhen, Oshoala get 2023 Ballon d’Or Nominations alongside Messi, Haaland
Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award, becoming one of the few players from the country to have achieved the feat.
CAF Awards: Again, Nigerians missing as Mahrez, Salah, Mane listed
No Nigerian player is listed in the men’s Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) awards list released by the continental body, yesterday. The list is dominated by Senegal, Cameroun and Morocco.
PHOTO-NEWS: Tinubu hosts JJ Okocha, Kanu, Ikpeba, Taribo, other former Super Eagles in Bourdillon
Former Nigeria Super Eagles star players visited the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his Bourdillon residence in Lagos on Saturday.