Two Ex-Nigerian strikers are dead; Odegbami mourns

The past week has been a sad one for those in the sports fraternity especially those familiar with the then Green Eagles as the Nigeria national men’s football team were previously called.

Two illustrious strikers with the Green Eagles, Sunny Oyarekhua and Thompson Usiyan, both died in the week and that has left Nigeria football legend, Segun Odegbami, downcast. Odegbami in a tribute written in his weekly column eulogised the two lethal strikers who have now been separated by death. “Sunny Oyarekhua was Nigeria’s most prolific goalscorer in the national team for the years that he was there…..” Odegbami recalled even though they never played together like Usiyan.

He continued: “Unfortunately, by the time the team returned from the African Cup of Nations in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, in 1976, Nigeria had identified a fresh pair of legs to strike for the national team – Thompson Usiyan. He took over from Sunny at the Championship.”

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