It means he started playing for Iwanyanwu at the age of 16 the same year he played the under 17 world cup. When did he start playing football? At the age of 6?

Hbd to him

Happy birthday papilo...I love you no be small!

congratulation to him, he's a true legend of the African game[color=#990000][/color]

Always making us proud!!!! True son of an Igbo man.

Fact no 11. He is 42+x years old.

Lexusgs430:
The beauty of a Nigerian age, it simply just carries on (well, until you start using walking stick at 45).............

I bet check my signature happy 48th Birthday papilo 42 years na football age

Happy birthday , Man wey sabi

Tell Saraki to buy it from you

dPriv:
Happy Birthday, Papilooo our football legend.





Meanwhile, iPhone6 64gb available for sale in ilorin.

https://www.nairaland.com/4617348/us-used-iphone-6-64gb

Happy birthday bro. I used to remember when we imitated your hair cut

Happy BirthDay

Papilo I know say one day u go make us proud.......Happy birth day sir

chrisxxx:
Can someone pls help upload that Kanu's peak advert? Anytime I watch that I always shed tears.

...and you feel like shedding another tears

uglodoh:
It means he started playing for Iwanyanwu at the age of 16 the same year he played the under 17 world cup. When did he start playing football? At the age of 6?

Hbd to him

You don't know children start playing football at the age of 6.

And you are right Kanu was playing at Iwuanyawu at 17 when he featured at the U17.

HBD

Happy birthday Papilo.

Nigeria Presido in waiting.

Papilo Kanu o ai ge we mmeri
Papilo nwankwo o ai ge we mmeri
Make you no tire o ai ge we mmeri
Move ahead o = ai ge we mmeri
Obi kererenke Obi.......... Continued post=69878124]Weda u call am Kanu abi na Kunu,
weda u call am Unu abi na Jugunu,
wetin i know be say my guy e the ball, wetin i know be say e name na Papilo, e go with the ball,
he pass am to Okocha,
Okocha to Oliseh, Oliseh to Finidi,
Finidi to the post oo.

Kanu nwankwo ai ge we mmeri *2
Papilo Kanu ai ge nwe nmeri *2

If you don't know the song above, Abeg greet well before you argue with anyone on Nairaland.

Happy Birthday to Papilo[/quote]

Mandynews:
As MandyNews.com wish all Nairalanders a 'Happy New Month' we also celebrate Nigeria's football hero Kanu Nwankwo as he clocks 42 today, August 1st

Let's check out 10 facts about Nwankwo Kanu below.

1. Kanu was born on the Nkwo market day and that led to him being named 'Nwankwo', born on Nkwo day.

2. He started out his professional career with Iwuanyanwu Nationale in the Nigeria Professional Football League in the 1992/93 season after impressing at Holy Ghost College in Owerri.

3.He played for Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth in his career that spanned 20 years.

4.Kanu is the first and only Nigerian footballer to be named African Player of the Year twice.

5.He captained the Dream Team, Nigeria's U23 team, to win Gold at the Atlanta '96 Olympics in the United States of America, the first time a team outside of Europe and South America had won the title.

6. In 2016, Kanu was named one of the 48 greatest footballers ever by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

7.He featured in three World Cups (1998, 2002 & 2010) and six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010).

8. Kanu was also a member of the Arsenal ‘Invincibles’, the Arsene Wenger-led side that went a whole season undefeated in the English Premier League

9.Papilo is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), the sixth highest Nigerian national honour.

10.In 2014, the Nigerian government named Kanu among the 100 most distinguished Nigerians during a ceremony to mark the centenary of the unification of Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Source: http://mandynews.com/2018/08/01/nwankwo-kanu-celebrates-his-42nd-birthday/

Wish him happy birthday below

he does not waste money he is a massive investor

You stole Goals Article OP and you said your source is what?
Lazy blogger.

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/galleries/20-facts-about-nwankwo-kanu-on-his-42nd-birthday/1/km80bl6yg0t41ffz7ojzxsm4e

ireneidiva:

Marriage is not an achievement.

unwanted pregnancy is an achievement in ur family.RIP

He has aged abeg.

Kanu aints 42

Deltatoto:
he does not waste money he is a massive investor

bt he is broke now and amcon has seized his hotel

42nd birthday....

These people can lie.

Happy Birthday

Horlami3370:


...and you feel like shedding another tears

hahahahahah. Bros I just like watching that advert.

Papoli you've be making us proud for years. Congratulations sir

yeyerolling:
bt he is broke now and amcon has seized his hotel

not true na my man we talked yestaday I manage one of his properties.broda no go fukk o the guy na coded guy

Kanu 42??

Me I'm 23.

magzey:

I bet check my signature happy 48th Birthday papilo 42 years na football age

Did you mean 58?

Bitterleafsoup:
Great question

Happy Birthday Big Broski. Imo state men have some kind of swag

He is actually from Asia state.

HBD Papi!