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Kanu Nwankwo Makes List Of World’s Soccer Legends by teeblach(m): 8:43am On Dec 28, 2016 |
Soccer legend, Kanu Nwankwo, has been named as one of the 48 legends in the history of world football. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) released the list on Monday. The list is said to be one of the biggest recognitions for the ex-Arsenal striker. Kanu made history by leading the Nigerian U-23 team to gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games. As a teenager, he was a key member of the Ajax team that dominated Europe and won the UEFA cup. He went on to score some amazing goals for Arsenal FC and celebrated the exemplary “unbeaten run” with the team. Kanu has won three FA cup medals and two African Player of the Year award. See the full list below… Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (PELE) of Brazil Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico) of Brazil Late Manuel Francisco dos Santos (Garrincha) of Brazil Ronaldo Luís Nazário De Lima (Ronaldo) of Brazil Franz Anton Beckenbauer (Beckenbauer) of Germany GERD MÜLLER (Gerd) of Germany Lothar Matthäus of Germany Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Johan Cruyff) of Netherlands Marco Van Basten (Marco) of Netherlands Ruud Gullit OON of Netherlands Bobby Charlton (Bobby) of United Kingdom David Robert Joseph Beckham (David Beckham) of United Kingdom Late STANLEY MATTHEWS of United Kingdom Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Maradona) of Argentina ? Late Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé of Argentina HAO HAIDONG of China Sun Jihai of China Mahmoud El-Khatib (Bibo) of Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt Michel Platini of France Zinedine Yazid Zidane (Zizou) of France Antonio Carbajal (Tota) of Mexico Hugo Sánchez Márquez (Sánchez) of Mexico Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (Eusébio) of Portugal Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Luis Figo) of Portugal Dino Zoff of Italy Roberto Baggio of Italy Mustapha Rabah Madjer (Rabah Madjer) of Algeria Albert Roger Mooh Miller (Roger Milla) of Cameroon Late Ferenc Puskás of Hungary Baichung Bhutia (Bhutia) of India Ali Daei of Iran Hidetoshi Nakata of Japan Cha Bum-kun (Tscha Bum) of South Korea Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara of Kuwait George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (George Weah) of Liberia Wynton Alan Whai Rufer of New Zealand Nwankwo Kanu of Nigeria José Luis Félix Chilavert González (José Luis Chilavert) of Paraguay Late Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Lev Yashin) of Russia Majed Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mohammed (Majed Abdullah) of Saudi Arabia Francisco Gento Lopez (Paco) of Spain Tanju Çolak of Turkey Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin of Ukraine Late Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano (Pepe) of Uruguay Landon Timothy Donovan of USA Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe (Lucas Radebe) of South Africa Ryan Joseph Giggs (Ryan Giggs) of Wales http://afrobadoomedia.com/2016/12/28/kanu-nwankwo-makes-list-of-worlds-soccer-legends/
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Re: Kanu Nwankwo Makes List Of World’s Soccer Legends by DuruCrusher(m): 8:57am On Dec 28, 2016 |
Nwafor going places |
Re: Kanu Nwankwo Makes List Of World’s Soccer Legends by Rossikki: 10:23pm On Dec 28, 2016 |
Where is JAY JAY OKOCHA on their stupid list? They have Beckham plus some unknown Chinese and Kuwaiti guys on the list, but no JAY JAY Okocha? Idiots!!! |
Re: Kanu Nwankwo Makes List Of World’s Soccer Legends by Rossikki: 10:23pm On Dec 28, 2016 |
Re: Kanu Nwankwo Makes List Of World’s Soccer Legends by shevchenko(m): 12:54pm On Dec 29, 2016 |
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