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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by toluxe0075: 10:00pm On Oct 19, 2021

Thierry Henry. The guy made me become an arsenal fan only for him to leave the club and plunge me into many years of humiliation and anguish. cry

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Vinnie2000(op): 10:00pm On Oct 19, 2021

kenzysmith:
Rud vanisteroy was my football idol before I started supporting god of soccer

Man Utd Fan Spotted!!
Ruud Van Nisterooy, D Box 18 King!

Nice one!

Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Princeton92(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Kanu Nwankwo

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by BornRicch(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO
IT TOOK ME TIME TO CRAM THE NAME
MY GOAT BACK IN THE DAYS. DIEHARD AC MILAN FAN

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by OlawaleBammie: 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Mine was Alexander Hleb and Michael Ballack

And dey both doned Jersey number 13

They are the reason i love that Jersey number beyond saying

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by HonBen(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Franco Baresi

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Kayodeblaze(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Dida

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by lereinter(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Plenty

El Hadji Diouf, rivaldo, nedved, seadoff etc

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Jokescity(m): 10:01pm On Oct 19, 2021

Flamees:
Ronaldinho

Egard David was mine,,, with his customized sunshade

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by kachistone: 10:02pm On Oct 19, 2021

AFvckingAlpha:
The fvck

Niggarr!!

Frank Lampard was my childhood idol man.

Midfielder wey dey score goals, bust my small dada then.

I said what I said

Frank is still my football idol ever. He is my ideal midfielder. I used to argue with a dear friend whose football idol is Kaka about who was better between both of them. Frank Lampard AKA Lampidon.

The guy get bullet for leg.

Other notable mentions

Ronaldinho
Ronaldo Delima (My greatest 9) Only Drogba follows him
JJ Okocha
Thierry Henry (Loved his ball control)

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Oppy2k2: 10:02pm On Oct 19, 2021

Panam Percy paul

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by kilisi(m): 10:02pm On Oct 19, 2021

AFvckingAlpha:
The fvck
Niggarr!!
Frank Lampard was my childhood idol man.
Midfielder wey dey score goals, bust my small dada then.
I said what I said

Let me guess......You are in your late twenties or early thirties.

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by TFLASHOGEE(m): 10:02pm On Oct 19, 2021

Zizu and Ronaldinho grin

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Parkleader: 10:02pm On Oct 19, 2021

henry, ronaldinho, veira

Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Nobody: 10:03pm On Oct 19, 2021

Frank Lampard is the man that made me fall in love with Chelsea back then. But I also idolized several high profile African players in the EPL like Okocha, Kanu, Yakubu, Diouf and Bouba Diop (RIP)

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by RPG2020(m): 10:03pm On Oct 19, 2021

Buhari

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Benitoh: 10:03pm On Oct 19, 2021

The playmaker Ronaldinho

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Lamasta(m): 10:03pm On Oct 19, 2021

Vinnie2000:
Watching Football as kids was Fun! Emotions attached were not that strong!
Most only watched out for Goals and the Star Players!
Players like Rashidi Yekini, JJ Okocha, Michael Owen, David Beckham, Gabriel Bastituta, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Didier Drogba, etc..
These are Too Players Kids idolized Way back!!

So Who's Yours?

MINE IS
SUNDAY OLISEH..(can't forget his France 98 Bullet)
HERNAN CRESPO OF INTER MILAN
THIERRY HENRY OF ARSENAL..

Cafu

Maldini

Seedorf

Ronaldo Delima

Ronaldinho

Okocha

Love watching these guys do what they know how to do best with football

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by kenzysmith: 10:03pm On Oct 19, 2021

RevolverOcelot:
The plenty:
Carlos Valderrama

Diego Maradonna

Yekini

Iguita

Batistuta

Okocha

Kanu

Roberto Baggio.

Good old days

chai u don old o and u still dey drag ftc

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Nobody: 10:04pm On Oct 19, 2021*

Plenty.. from Pele to Maradona, zico, Batistuta, Eric Cantona, Paulo Rossi, Filippo Inzaghi, Jay Jay Okocha, Totö Schillaci, Ruud Gullit, Marco Van Basten, Roger Milla, John Barnes, Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne ( Gaza), Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo (Brazilian) etc.. them plenty that year.

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Weedhustler: 10:04pm On Oct 19, 2021

inoki247:
Buhari cos he was a good player he played Nigerians twice...

Ogbeni oil dey ur head....buhari too slow and he dey drible like mad

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by wachore: 10:05pm On Oct 19, 2021

Eto'o 9

Milan baros

Angel

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Vinnie2000(op): 10:05pm On Oct 19, 2021

OlawaleBammie:
Mine was Alexander Hleb and Michael Ballack

And dey both doned Jersey number 13

They are the reason i love that Jersey number beyond saying

Number 13? shocked

Some people associate the number with Badluck oo..

Well, should not concern you tho!

BTW, I think William Gallas and Tijani Babangida of S/eagles wore 13!

Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by peterdrury: 10:06pm On Oct 19, 2021

Inzaghi, Zamorano, Poposky.

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Dagger111(m): 10:06pm On Oct 19, 2021

Treylee:
Ronaldinho.. that guy is legendary

Dinho Baba... I came to watch his boy Messi today. And he was really impressed. cheesy

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by biotechshola(m): 10:07pm On Oct 19, 2021

Romario
Ortega
Amokachi...

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by hollywater: 10:07pm On Oct 19, 2021

Igwe anytime anyday

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by gboye93(m): 10:07pm On Oct 19, 2021

My list
1. KANU
2. KAKA
3. RONALDINHO
4. LAMPARD
5. OKOCHA
6. BECKHAM
7. ZIZU
8. BALACK
9. LARSON
10. RAUL
the goes on and on

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by yinkus6750(m): 10:09pm On Oct 19, 2021

Pele on the international level
Segun Odegbami at local level.

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by Burruchaga71(m): 10:09pm On Oct 19, 2021

omoteacher:

Da Lima Ronaldo

Original Ronaldo

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by paskal16: 10:09pm On Oct 19, 2021

Drogba back in 2007
He made me fall in love with football
Have been a fan of Chelsea ever since then

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Re: During Your Childhood, Who Was Your Football Idol? by sustainus(m): 10:09pm On Oct 19, 2021

Okocha, kanu nwankwo, Ronaldo of Brazil

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