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As Today marks his 55th birthday,we will be looking some remarkable part of Samuel Okwaraji’s life and career that most people are ignorant of.

Sam Okwaraji:-

1] Full name is Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji born on 19 May 1964 in Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria.
2] Was in the very first set of Students to attend Federal Government College, Orlu, Imo State.
3] Started youth career at Roma
4]Was handed his first contract by Italian giants, AS Roma aged 20, four years before Francesco Totti joined the club.
5] Played for four other foreign clubs including Dinamo Zagreb and VfB Stuttgart; aside AS Roma.
6] Never played in the Nigerian league; making him to fall into an elite group of ex-footballers never to have made any appearance in the domestic league.
7]Could speak at least five languages: His native Igbo, English, German, Italian and Spanish. Some of these languages were enabled by the fact that his footballing career spanned through some of these countries.
8]Was a trained lawyer. He has Masters’ Degree in International Law from the University of Rome.
9]Studied law, Sapienza-Universita di Roma (Sapienza University of Rome) was (and is) the largest and oldest European University.
10]Chose football instead because he was of the opinion football was the better option for him. He believed the football pitch was where he belonged.
11]At one time, the then NFA chairman then, Grp.Capt. John Obakpolor pay 15,000 dollars to his club to play for a Nigeria match; of which the club actually request the sum of 45,000 dollars.

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As Today marks his 55th birthday,we will be looking some remarkable part of Samuel Okwaraji’s life and career that most people are ignorant of.

-Studied law, Sapienza-Universita di Roma (Sapienza University of Rome) was (and is) the largest and oldest European University.

-Chose football instead because he was of the opinion football was the better option for him. He believed the football pitch was where he belonged.

-At one time, the then NFA chairman then, Grp.Capt. John Obakpolor pay 15,000 dollars to his club to play for a Nigeria match; of which the club actually request the sum of 45,000 dollars.

-Put his country above club, which he proved his patriotism onetime his club demanded the Nigerian Football Association to pay before his release. He fired at his employers saying: “I signed to play football for you on certain conditions, but I don’t think it includes reselling my services to my country. You cannot stop me playing for my country and let me tell you, I am going to represent my country in the World Cup in Italy whether you like it or not and I would very much like for you to be there.”

-Passed on exactly 27 years ago today.

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