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| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by ttmax09(m): 10:52pm On Mar 29, 2019 |
izzou:The person who originated this story is a damn good story teller, it really sold out. 2 Likes
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| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by TamiOkoroDedeh(f): 10:59pm On Mar 29, 2019 |
You forgot to mention there was a history of sudden deaths in their family. Both his father and grandfather died suddenly. |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by od501: 10:59pm On Mar 29, 2019 |
[quote author=obembet post=77093959]It’s been about 30 years since former Nigeria International, Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji, died right on the field of play while representing his country in a football match. Ripples Nigeria’s Ben Ugbana curates the following facts about the man whose death came as a shock to the football world. 1. Okwaraji was an Imo indegene Sam, who would later become a fine midfielder in the round leather game, was born on 19th of May, 1964 in Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria. 2. He died at 25 of heart failure Okwaraji died during a World Cup qualifying match against Angola at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on 12th of August, 1989. He collapsed and died of congestive heart failure in the 77th minute of the encounter. Nigeria won the game 1-0, but still failed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup. 3. Scorer of one of the fastest goals in AFCON Okwaraji was a member of the Green Eagles squad that represented Nigeria at the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, where he scored one of the fastest goals in the history of the tournament against Cameroon. It was his only international goal for Nigeria. 4. Okwaraji spent his entire football career in EuLawyer Sam played for Italian side, AS Roma between 1984 and 1985 as a youth player. He went on to play for NK Dinamo Zagreb between 1985 and 1986, for Austria Klagenfurt between 1986 and 1987, for VfB Stuttgart between 1987 and 1989 and for SSV Ulm 1846 on loan between 1987-1988. 5. Okwaraji was also a trained Lawyer Other than his football career, the Imo-born star bagged a Masters degree in Law from the University of Rome. He was playing professional football while finishing his education in law. Here is a clip of Okwaraji’s goal against the Indomitable Lions in Morocco: Source: It is actually pronounced Okparaji (first yam or first son) |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by akdjr(m): 11:25pm On Mar 29, 2019 |
And we were told while growing up that Okwaraji died after he scored a goal against India with 99 goals down and the match ended 99-1 1 Like |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by colossus91(m): 11:32pm On Mar 29, 2019 |
izzou:widely acceptable truth...any other story is a lie  1 Like |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by BENEAMATA: 12:22am On Mar 30, 2019 |
ghanaman5050:iwo nikan lowo mama , iwo nikan lowo baba . . . . . . 2 Likes |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by BENEAMATA: 12:32am On Mar 30, 2019 |
Asssmasher:so na una gather do meeting to dash chelsea f.c champions league that year so that the date go be like the year wey dem form the club ( 19 05 ) ? abeg make may 19 person come be naija's next president . |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by woodfrank(m): 3:43am On Mar 30, 2019 |
ElsonMorali: God bless you. I guess it’s only when one recognizes this that one can truly play it to one’s advantage. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by Vulcanheph(m): 6:53am On Mar 30, 2019 |
izzou:My brother.... I also heard exactly that same story, which makes me wonder who came up with such an extravagant story and why people all over Nigeria believed it that it spread all over the country 1 Like |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by Sagax(m): 8:25am On Mar 30, 2019 |
izzou: Naaso me too hear the story that time ... But wait! the story be like shaolin soccer movie. 1 Like |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by evy800(f): 8:33am On Mar 30, 2019 |
izzou: |
| Re: In Remembrance Of Sam Okwaraji: 5 Facts About Nigeria’s Football Martyr by Dyeklint667: 1:24pm On Mar 30, 2019 |
We all heard same story as kids my brother izzou: |
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