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5 Oct 1993: Precious Monye of Nigeria running on the pitch during a match. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Allsport
By Jacob Ajom
Precious Monye is among that generation of Nigerian footballers that dazzled the world at the Scotland ’89 FIFA U17 World Cup. They were so good that they made Pele of Brazil utter his now time wearied prediction, that if there was any African country worthy of winning the World Cup, that country ought to be Nigeria.
In this chat with Sports Vanguard, Monye recalls his humble beginnings in Aba, his invitation to the U17 camp and how he played for three national teams simultaneously.
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Published 13 February 2021
In this report, ’TANA AIYEJINA takes a look at the illustrious career of late ex-Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe, who was buried on Wednesday in Lagos
The big wigs of Nigerian football or top government officials were not there, neither was the fanfare and ceremony usually associated with the burial of a national hero, during Yisa Sofoluwe’s burial on Wednesday at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos.
Yet, this was a man who toiled for close to a decade in his quest to put the country’s name on the global football map.
Former Super Eagles defender Sofoluwe died on Tuesday evening at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, after being diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy, a brain disease. He died at the of age 53.
Ex-internationals lament NFF officials’ absence at Sofoluwe’s burial
and Life Medical Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos. on Thursday
’Tosin Oluwalowo
Ex-internationals have lamented the absence of officials of the Nigeria Football Federation at the burial of late Super Eagles defender, Yisa Sofoluwe.
Sofoluwe was buried according to Muslim rites on Wednesday at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday.
The ex-Eagles defender died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Tuesday after being diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy, a brain disease, aged 53.
Present at the burial ceremony were with members of the fallen footballer’s family, including his wife, Busola, and their two sons, ex-footballers and friends.