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Nigeria's Kanu Nwankwo Named Among 48 Top Football Legends Worldwide by salau01(m): 10:11am On Feb 08, 2016 |
Visit www.latestforya..com and follow on Instagram, twitter @salau01 Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu has been named among the Top 48 world football legends by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). IFFHS released the first phase of the list which includes Brazilian greats Pele and Ronaldo da Lima. Notable Africans on the list include former World player of the year George Opong Weah, Roger Milla, Rabah Medjer, Muhammed Aboutrika, Mohmud El-Khatub and former Bafana Bafana captain Lucas Radebe. FFHS were formed in 1984 under FIFA’s approval and they focus on archiving football records, statistics and records of associations across the globe. Kanu was the last Nigerian to win the CAF African Footballer of the Year award in 1999. He played for Ajax, Inter Milan and Arsenal.
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Re: Nigeria's Kanu Nwankwo Named Among 48 Top Football Legends Worldwide by newspapers: 10:02pm On Feb 08, 2016 |
Kanu actually deserve to be part of this list - http://www.newscabal.com/2016/02/08/nwankwo-kanu-in-all-time-iffhs-legends-list/ I'm happy at his effort in transforming Nigerian Football. Kudos bro!! |
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