naptu2:
Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggt9Ply9lc

Nations cup 1980,when every Green Eagles match at the Surulere Stadium filled up before noon

Thank you Naptu

And Tinubu is 69yrs

Paxxcarl:
Happy birthday to him
Just realised he didn’t have a careeer abroad
How did he survive?
Playing in our poverty stricken league

They were superstars and got paid well. Some fans even gift them mint cars

tommy589:



Nations cup 1980,when every Green Eagles match at the Surulere Stadium filled up before noon

Thank you Naptu

I remember that time very well because my grandmother lived at Surulere and when we went to visit her on Saturdays, she'd rush us once it got to 5:30 because she wanted us to leave Surulere before the fans left the stadium.

Worriedwife:
Happy birthday from Funmi Iyanda

what happened between both of them?

Happy Birthday Mathematical

I have profound respect for Segun Odegbami. He has got clarity of mind, articulates issues quite well.

Paxxcarl:
Happy birthday to him
Just realised he didn’t have a careeer abroad
How did he survive?
Playing in our poverty stricken league

Going abroad is the new mentality, some of them are in school and have other future goals apart from football .
Many didn't play it for money just for fame and recognitions.

Babastrong:
Segun elere ball ( segun the football player).
EXERCISE BOOK.
Ede X Ede Remi Coni Iya "Segun Elere Ball" Odabo Odabo Kayode.
Don't mind me, i'm trying to remember the popularity of this name during our primary school day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE LEGEND!

Hahaha hahaha, u made me remember that ONward exercise brown book

Kaybee9033:
Isokay
Isoryt

Am okay
Am alryt

Na wah for you, digging the grave

There was no underage football those days, so no need to falsify age.

Antoeni:
He celebrates sports Official age 69
But in real life he is 76

Happy 76th birthday sir

Happy birthday to olden days goat

One of the best right winger/striker to come out of Africa. His generation suffered for the gains being enjoyed by the present crop of players.

Antoeni:
He celebrates sports Official age 69
But in real life he is 76

Happy 76th birthday sir

Very dry joke

This man 69yrs......wow how many years our London daddy dey?

Antoeni:
He celebrates sports Official age 69
But in real life he is 76

Happy 76th birthday sir

In their time there was no football age because there were no age grade competitions and travelling to Europe to play football was not not in vogue. So there really wasn't any reason for any player to adjust his age.

Your statement is crass disrespect to a legend.

HBD sir, I wish you long life and good health, Amen.

Happy birthday!!!

Childofaking:
Segun Odegbami and Bola Tinubu are age mates ? Wonderful.

Happy birthday Mathematical !

Can you imagine the lie. Let us see both men stay beside eachother.

He looked older when he was younger

AyakaDunukofia:
I have profound respect for Segun Odegbami. He has got clarity of mind, articulates issues quite well.

Great point. He is probably the most successful Nigerian ex-soccer outside soccer.

Paxxcarl:
Happy birthday to him
Just realised he didn’t have a careeer abroad
How did he survive?
Playing in our poverty stricken league

1. Until the 1980s, many European players were not earning megasalaries. The era of megasalaries did not really take off until the 1990s with the coming of lucrative cable deals and Bosman.

2.Nigerian players of Odegbami calibre were relatively paid well

3. European league's were more restrictive or were restricted by the rules then from taking in too many foreign players, even from European countries ( Until the 1980s Italian clubs could only bring one or two foreign players).

4. European clubs also preferred to recruit close to home.

5. Back in Odegbamis time most leagues were not very well known outside their home countries. Live football in England did not really take off till the 1980s, and even then it was some selected matches they showed. Live football was not even a thing during Odegbamis time,in England, in Europe, talkless of Africa. (In Nigeria in the 1980's, local football got a weekly highlights programme...Match of the week, lasting 30 minutes. FA cup games and national team games as well as african/continental championships were the only live tv broadcasts of football)

Today we can watch live games from Europe at home. Back then, all guys had were highlights and the odd live match. Cup games especially finals were.televosed live. The only time one got to see live international football was when the world cup was being aired.( in the good old days if you were a national ha coach you had to have a video library of as many players of your opposing national teams as possible which meant having as many connections as possible. Now you just YouTube or watch matches every Saturiday)
No live football, no football tv deals, no money

6. European league's were rich but not as rich as they are now. Odegbamis could earn as much money staying at home than he did playing abroad then. ( It was when the naira started falling in the 1980s plus the European league's started getting richer due to tv deals in the 80s and 90s that playing abroad became viable

7. Until the 1985 U17 victory of our youth squad, no one had any idea of how good African players were. ( There were a few Africans playing abroad, but most of then were born abroad. Very few like the legend Mila of Cameroon were recruited from here). The floodgates opened once we had that victory

8. European clubs weren't that rich or prosperous either. They did not start making money until the 1980s with the Italian league leading the way.

He grew up to become more handsome. Take good care of yourselves everyone, drink responsibly, avoid smoking if you can, hydrate more, take life easily, be kind and use things that won't have adverse effects on you in the long run.

joshjc:
what happened between both of them?

He played football with her & score a goal.a big bouncing pink baby GOAL!

Nigerians and their age statistics are borderline fraud. This dude was already playing for IICC Shooting Stars and Green Eagles while I was still in high school.

Wow! Looks better now than before. Happy birthday sir

Tinubu's age mate!

Yus2020:
While Tinubu is 57 hahaha

Na Tinubu matter go kill you, mark it. Papa and son wey de steal your patrimony blind you no see dem. The whole of 551 billion Naira stolen by your former governor, who you voted again into the Senate, and his son who now is Speaker ofvyour house of assembly! You no see dem.