Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Today at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Nigeria’s soccer
legend, Nwankwo Kanu will bring his glittering Super Eagles career
to an end with a testimonial match. COMPLETE SPORTS presents
a tribute to the captain whose national team career spanned 17 years
Nwankwo Christian Nwosu Kanu, OON was (born 1 August, 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), Kanu’s Eagles career began in 1994 it spanned the next 16 years till 2010.
He has won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He is also a UNICEF ambassador.
CAREER
Kanu began his career at the then National Division one league side, Federal Works before moving to Iwanyanwu Nationale in 1992. As a member of the Golden Eaglets that were victorious at Japan ‘93 U-17 World Championships, he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie AFC Ajax in 1993 for €207,047.
He made his Ajax debut the following year and went on to score 25 goals in 54 appearances. Kanu also came on as a sub in Ajax’s 1995 Champions League final win over AC Milan. In 1996, Ajax sold Kanu to Serie A side Internazionale for around $4.7 million that summer he captained the Dream Team that won gold at the Olympics in Atlanta, and scored two late goals in the semi-finals against powerhouses Brazil to overturn a 2–3 scoreline into a 4–3 win in extra time.
Kanu was also named African Footballer of the Year for that year . However, soon after returning from the Olympics, Kanu underwent a medical examination at Inter, which revealed a serious heart defect; he underwent surgery in November 1996 to replace an aortic valve and did not return to his club until April 1997.
ARSENAL
In February 1999, after just eleven games and one goal for Inter, Kanu was signed by Arsenal for approximately £4.15 million. His debut for Arsenal, against Sheffield United in the FA Cup, was a highly unusual match.
Kanu’s career was quickly revived at Arsenal. He scored his first goal for the club in the next FA cup game against Derby County, coming off the bench to net the only goal of the game. He quickly became known for his goalscoring prowess from the bench, scoring important goals against Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa as a substitute.
He became very popular among the fans for his two-fingered salute – something that he later explained was based on the team’s nickname, The Gunners – which started in 1999 against Middlesbrough.
Kanu was named African Footballer of the Year for the second time in 1999, and in 1999–2000 he scored 17 times in 50 matches for the Gunners, Including three goals in fifteen minutes against Chelsea to turn a 2–0 deficit to a 3–2 victory.
However, Kanu’s appearances for Arsenal gradually became less frequent, particularly after the emergence of Thierry Henry as Arsenal’s first choice striker, when Kanu was mainly used as a substitute.
Despite this, Kanu won the Double with Arsenal in 2002, an FA Cup in 2003 (as an unused sub) and the Premier League title in 2004.
In all he played 197 games for Arsenal (nearly half of them as a substitute), scoring 44 goals. In the summer of 2004, after his contract with Arsenal ended, he moved to West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
West Brom had just been promoted to the FA Premier League for the second time in the space of two years. Kanu started as a regular for the club, making his debut in a 1–1 draw away at Blackburn Rovers on 14 August 2004.
He scored his first goal for Albion on 18 September 2004, an 88th-minute equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against Fulham. The 2004–05 season was ultimately a memorable one for West Brom, as they became the first club to avoid relegation from the Premier League after being bottom of the table at Christmas.
The club was relegated at the end of 2005–06.
Kanu’s contract had expired, and he chose not to renew it. In his two years at The Hawthorns he made a total of 58 appearances – 16 of them as a substitute – and scored nine goals.
PORTSMOUTH
Kanu was a free agent following his departure from West Brom, and he signed for Portsmouth on a one-year deal shortly before the start of the 2006–07 season. Pompey had undergone a revival in the second half of the previous campaign, following the return of Harry Redknapp as manager, avoiding relegation by four points after being in serious danger at the turn of the year. At the start of the 2006–07 season, they were undefeated in their first five games, during which they did not concede a single goal.
Kanu made his debut for Portsmouth as a substitute against Blackburn Rovers on 19 August 2006, the opening day of the 2006–2007 Premier League season. He scored twice and missed a penalty. Though Kanu led the top scorers chart early in the season, he had a goal drought for the rest of the season, but still finished as the top goalscorer for Portsmouth, with 12 goals.
In his second season at Portsmouth, Kanu scored in both the FA Cup 1–0 semi-final win against West Bromwich Albion and the 1–0 win in the final against Cardiff City, earning him a third FA Cup winner’s medal.
His first goal of the 2008–09 season put Portsmouth 2–0 up in their eventual 2–2 UEFA Cup draw with Italian club Milan. He later scored the winning goal against Bolton Wanderers which ensured Pompey’s mathematical safety. It was his only Premier League goal of 2008–2009. He re-signed with Pompey in August 2010 with an eye on becoming a coach when he retired. Kanu signed a three-year deal and will keep the number 27 shirt.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Kanu was a member of the Super Eagles team from 1994 until 2010, making his debut under Clemence Westerhof in a friendly against Sweden. Earlier on at the start of his career, Kanu was instrumental in Nigeria’s overall success at the 1993 FIFA U-17 tournament in Japan and their subsequent 2–1 victory over Ghana in the final. With five goals, he was second joint top-scorer in the tournament with Peter Anosike and Manuel Neira, behind compatriot and Captain Wilson Oruma.
As well as winning the Olympics gold in the football event at 1996 Olympics, Kanu participated in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups.
On 24 June 2010, Kanu ended his international career following Nigeria’s exit from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Nigeria lost their group matches against Argentina and Greece, before a 2–2 draw with South Korea ended their stay in the tournament. He won 86 caps and scored 13 goals for Nigeria and is the joint most capped Nigerian player of all-time alongside Muda Lawal.
KANU HEART FOUNDATION
Kanu Heart Foundation, a charity organisation set up by the soccer legend on 21st July 2000, has metamorphosed into a colossus with great achievements both in local and international circles.
The primary aims and objectives of KHF is to put back smiles on the faces of Nigerians and Africa’s children and young adults who suffer from various heart defects. Recipients of KHF aid include young children who would not survive to see their fifth birthdays without correctional proceedures and many who would not live a normal life expectancy, without the surgery needed.
Since inception of KHF over 400 have benefited from the charity.
The Foundation has board of trustees who are persons of integrity and social standing amongst whom are Nwankwo Kanu (MON, OON, UNICEF AMBASSADOR) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Segun Osoba, Mr. Ben Bruce, Mr. Onyebuchi Abia and Mr. Iain Nelson. One of its founding trustees, the late Chairman Air Commander Sampson Emeka Omeruah passed away on December 4, 2006.
Though the foundation solicits financial support from various individuals and corporate bodies to carry out operations Kanu has remained the finacial inspirator while the body regularly organises events and programmes to raise fund.
The first two beneficiaries of the Foundation; Master Oluwatofunmi Okude and little Miss Enitan Adesola, were operated on, at Crown Hospital London in 2000.
The exorbitant high fees charged by London hospitals pushed KHF to search for new partners in Israel where the Save-a-Child Heart (organisation) opened its door to a relationship with Wolfson Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.
In Israel, many open heart surgeries were performed, and when the number of patients with heart defects began to rise, the organisation started to search for more avenues, with a cost effective price, and the same high quality treatment. This search took the foundation to India where many hospitals are now colaborating with its efforts.
In trying to cope with the demanding increase in foreign exchange occasioned by these surgeries abroad, KHF decided a trial run, by bringing cardiac surgeons and experts to carry out surgeries in Nigerian hospitals. The International Children Heart Foundation (Menphis. USA) came to the University Teaching Hospital Enugu (Nigerian) in 2003 and 13 open heart surgeries were performed by a team, lead by Professor Novick and included leading Nigerian doctors in under 10 days.
Despite the loss of three children after the surgeries, the foundation is delighted and encouraged by the zeal and enthusiasm with which Nigerian doctors performed.
MATCH FACTS
DATE: JUNE 11, 2011
VENUE: TESLIM BALOGUN STADIUM SURULERE, LAGOS
TIME: 4.00. PM PROMPT
The Kanu Nwankwo Testimonial Match is being organized to celebrate the highly illustrious career of Nigeria’s most decorated footballer, Kanu Nwankwo.
The match will hold on Saturday June 11, 2011, inside the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Super Eagles All Stars team comprising of former Nigerian internationals and his team mates before and during his playing days in the national team will come up against Friends of Kanu which will include some of his teammates in some of the clubs he had played for in Europe.
Soccer-loving Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, has graciously accepted to captain the Super Eagles All Stars Team.
Many retired and active renowned soccer stars have confirmed their participation at the h
igh-profile game that will draw the curtain on Kanu’s international career that lasted about 17 years.
Despite the fact that Chelsea and Ivory Coast ‘s Didier Drogba will be wedding in France on June 12, a day after the Testimonial Match , some of Africa’s biggest football stars like Ghana’s Michael Essien are hell bent on featuring at the two events in recognition of Kanu’s contribution to the upliftment to the standard of the game on the continent.
Arik Air will airlift all the players ( Friends of Kanu) from their respective base across the globe, the initiative which the Nigeria’s leading airline official says is aimed at identifying with the great personality like Kanu Nwankwo, who has contributed immensely to the development of Nigeria, Africa and world’s football.
The Kanu Nwankwo Testimonial Match will be televised live by Supersport and Africa Independent Televison.
Atlanta 96 Olympic gold-winning coach, Dutchman Bonfere Jo, will be the coach of the Super Eagles All Stars team, while former Barcelona gaffer Frank Rijkaard will guide the Friends of Kanu team.
Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that for the first time, they will be heavily involved in the organization of the Testimonial Match to show their support and solidarity for a player that has demonstrated total dedication and commitment to the cause of the national teams having played at almost all levels .
The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the event is former Leventis United General Manager and member of the Presidential Task Force for Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, Greco-Nigerian, John Mastoroudes.
EXPECTED SOCCER STARS TO FEATURE IN THE GAME
Marcel Desailly
Michael Essien
Frank De Boer
Ronald De Boer
Kalusha Bwalya
El Hadji Diouf
Asamoah Gyan
Aaron Mokoena
Sulley Muntari
Emmanuel Adebayor
Samuel Eto’o
Siphiwe Tshabalala
Patrick Kluivert
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
EAGLES ALL STARS TEAM
Finidi George
Taribo West
Victor Ikpeba
Austin Okocha
Emmanuel Amuneke
Celestine Babayaro
John Mikel Obi
Osaze Odemwingie
Ike Shorunmu
Samson Siasia
Joseph Yobo
Taye Taiwo
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Nduka Ugbade
Austin Eguavoen
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full name: Nwankwo Christian Nwosu Kanu
Date of birth: 1 August 1976 (age 34)
Place of birth: Owerri, Nigeria
Height: 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1/2 in)
Playing position: Second striker
CLUB INFORMATION
Current club: Portsmouth
Number: 27
SENIOR CAREER
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Fed Works 35 (20)
1992–1993 Iwuanyanwu Nationale 25 (15)
1993–1996 Ajax 54 (25)
1996–1999 Internazionale 11 (1)
1999–2004 Arsenal 119 (30)
2004–2006 West Bromwich Albion 53 (7)
2006– Portsmouth 131 (19)
NATIONAL TEAMS
1993 Nigeria U-17 6 (5)
1996 Nigeria U-23 6 (3)
1994–2010 Nigeria 86 (13)
HONOURS
Nigeria Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Nigerian Premier League: 1992–93
AJAX
Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
UEFA Super Cup: 1995
Intercontinental Cup: 1995
INTERNAZIONALE
UEFA Cup: 1997–98
ARSENAL
Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
FA Community Shield: 1999
PORTSMOUTH
FA Cup: 2007–08
COUNTRY
Nigeria
FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1993
Olympic Gold Medal: 1996
INDIVIDUAL
African Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1999
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1999
legend, Nwankwo Kanu will bring his glittering Super Eagles career
to an end with a testimonial match. COMPLETE SPORTS presents
a tribute to the captain whose national team career spanned 17 years
Nwankwo Christian Nwosu Kanu, OON was (born 1 August, 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), Kanu’s Eagles career began in 1994 it spanned the next 16 years till 2010.
He has won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He is also a UNICEF ambassador.
CAREER
Kanu began his career at the then National Division one league side, Federal Works before moving to Iwanyanwu Nationale in 1992. As a member of the Golden Eaglets that were victorious at Japan ‘93 U-17 World Championships, he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie AFC Ajax in 1993 for €207,047.
He made his Ajax debut the following year and went on to score 25 goals in 54 appearances. Kanu also came on as a sub in Ajax’s 1995 Champions League final win over AC Milan. In 1996, Ajax sold Kanu to Serie A side Internazionale for around $4.7 million that summer he captained the Dream Team that won gold at the Olympics in Atlanta, and scored two late goals in the semi-finals against powerhouses Brazil to overturn a 2–3 scoreline into a 4–3 win in extra time.
Kanu was also named African Footballer of the Year for that year . However, soon after returning from the Olympics, Kanu underwent a medical examination at Inter, which revealed a serious heart defect; he underwent surgery in November 1996 to replace an aortic valve and did not return to his club until April 1997.
ARSENAL
In February 1999, after just eleven games and one goal for Inter, Kanu was signed by Arsenal for approximately £4.15 million. His debut for Arsenal, against Sheffield United in the FA Cup, was a highly unusual match.
Kanu’s career was quickly revived at Arsenal. He scored his first goal for the club in the next FA cup game against Derby County, coming off the bench to net the only goal of the game. He quickly became known for his goalscoring prowess from the bench, scoring important goals against Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa as a substitute.
He became very popular among the fans for his two-fingered salute – something that he later explained was based on the team’s nickname, The Gunners – which started in 1999 against Middlesbrough.
Kanu was named African Footballer of the Year for the second time in 1999, and in 1999–2000 he scored 17 times in 50 matches for the Gunners, Including three goals in fifteen minutes against Chelsea to turn a 2–0 deficit to a 3–2 victory.
However, Kanu’s appearances for Arsenal gradually became less frequent, particularly after the emergence of Thierry Henry as Arsenal’s first choice striker, when Kanu was mainly used as a substitute.
Despite this, Kanu won the Double with Arsenal in 2002, an FA Cup in 2003 (as an unused sub) and the Premier League title in 2004.
In all he played 197 games for Arsenal (nearly half of them as a substitute), scoring 44 goals. In the summer of 2004, after his contract with Arsenal ended, he moved to West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
West Brom had just been promoted to the FA Premier League for the second time in the space of two years. Kanu started as a regular for the club, making his debut in a 1–1 draw away at Blackburn Rovers on 14 August 2004.
He scored his first goal for Albion on 18 September 2004, an 88th-minute equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against Fulham. The 2004–05 season was ultimately a memorable one for West Brom, as they became the first club to avoid relegation from the Premier League after being bottom of the table at Christmas.
The club was relegated at the end of 2005–06.
Kanu’s contract had expired, and he chose not to renew it. In his two years at The Hawthorns he made a total of 58 appearances – 16 of them as a substitute – and scored nine goals.
PORTSMOUTH
Kanu was a free agent following his departure from West Brom, and he signed for Portsmouth on a one-year deal shortly before the start of the 2006–07 season. Pompey had undergone a revival in the second half of the previous campaign, following the return of Harry Redknapp as manager, avoiding relegation by four points after being in serious danger at the turn of the year. At the start of the 2006–07 season, they were undefeated in their first five games, during which they did not concede a single goal.
Kanu made his debut for Portsmouth as a substitute against Blackburn Rovers on 19 August 2006, the opening day of the 2006–2007 Premier League season. He scored twice and missed a penalty. Though Kanu led the top scorers chart early in the season, he had a goal drought for the rest of the season, but still finished as the top goalscorer for Portsmouth, with 12 goals.
In his second season at Portsmouth, Kanu scored in both the FA Cup 1–0 semi-final win against West Bromwich Albion and the 1–0 win in the final against Cardiff City, earning him a third FA Cup winner’s medal.
His first goal of the 2008–09 season put Portsmouth 2–0 up in their eventual 2–2 UEFA Cup draw with Italian club Milan. He later scored the winning goal against Bolton Wanderers which ensured Pompey’s mathematical safety. It was his only Premier League goal of 2008–2009. He re-signed with Pompey in August 2010 with an eye on becoming a coach when he retired. Kanu signed a three-year deal and will keep the number 27 shirt.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Kanu was a member of the Super Eagles team from 1994 until 2010, making his debut under Clemence Westerhof in a friendly against Sweden. Earlier on at the start of his career, Kanu was instrumental in Nigeria’s overall success at the 1993 FIFA U-17 tournament in Japan and their subsequent 2–1 victory over Ghana in the final. With five goals, he was second joint top-scorer in the tournament with Peter Anosike and Manuel Neira, behind compatriot and Captain Wilson Oruma.
As well as winning the Olympics gold in the football event at 1996 Olympics, Kanu participated in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups.
On 24 June 2010, Kanu ended his international career following Nigeria’s exit from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Nigeria lost their group matches against Argentina and Greece, before a 2–2 draw with South Korea ended their stay in the tournament. He won 86 caps and scored 13 goals for Nigeria and is the joint most capped Nigerian player of all-time alongside Muda Lawal.
KANU HEART FOUNDATION
Kanu Heart Foundation, a charity organisation set up by the soccer legend on 21st July 2000, has metamorphosed into a colossus with great achievements both in local and international circles.
The primary aims and objectives of KHF is to put back smiles on the faces of Nigerians and Africa’s children and young adults who suffer from various heart defects. Recipients of KHF aid include young children who would not survive to see their fifth birthdays without correctional proceedures and many who would not live a normal life expectancy, without the surgery needed.
Since inception of KHF over 400 have benefited from the charity.
The Foundation has board of trustees who are persons of integrity and social standing amongst whom are Nwankwo Kanu (MON, OON, UNICEF AMBASSADOR) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Segun Osoba, Mr. Ben Bruce, Mr. Onyebuchi Abia and Mr. Iain Nelson. One of its founding trustees, the late Chairman Air Commander Sampson Emeka Omeruah passed away on December 4, 2006.
Though the foundation solicits financial support from various individuals and corporate bodies to carry out operations Kanu has remained the finacial inspirator while the body regularly organises events and programmes to raise fund.
The first two beneficiaries of the Foundation; Master Oluwatofunmi Okude and little Miss Enitan Adesola, were operated on, at Crown Hospital London in 2000.
The exorbitant high fees charged by London hospitals pushed KHF to search for new partners in Israel where the Save-a-Child Heart (organisation) opened its door to a relationship with Wolfson Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.
In Israel, many open heart surgeries were performed, and when the number of patients with heart defects began to rise, the organisation started to search for more avenues, with a cost effective price, and the same high quality treatment. This search took the foundation to India where many hospitals are now colaborating with its efforts.
In trying to cope with the demanding increase in foreign exchange occasioned by these surgeries abroad, KHF decided a trial run, by bringing cardiac surgeons and experts to carry out surgeries in Nigerian hospitals. The International Children Heart Foundation (Menphis. USA) came to the University Teaching Hospital Enugu (Nigerian) in 2003 and 13 open heart surgeries were performed by a team, lead by Professor Novick and included leading Nigerian doctors in under 10 days.
Despite the loss of three children after the surgeries, the foundation is delighted and encouraged by the zeal and enthusiasm with which Nigerian doctors performed.
MATCH FACTS
DATE: JUNE 11, 2011
VENUE: TESLIM BALOGUN STADIUM SURULERE, LAGOS
TIME: 4.00. PM PROMPT
The Kanu Nwankwo Testimonial Match is being organized to celebrate the highly illustrious career of Nigeria’s most decorated footballer, Kanu Nwankwo.
The match will hold on Saturday June 11, 2011, inside the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Super Eagles All Stars team comprising of former Nigerian internationals and his team mates before and during his playing days in the national team will come up against Friends of Kanu which will include some of his teammates in some of the clubs he had played for in Europe.
Soccer-loving Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, has graciously accepted to captain the Super Eagles All Stars Team.
Many retired and active renowned soccer stars have confirmed their participation at the h
igh-profile game that will draw the curtain on Kanu’s international career that lasted about 17 years.
Despite the fact that Chelsea and Ivory Coast ‘s Didier Drogba will be wedding in France on June 12, a day after the Testimonial Match , some of Africa’s biggest football stars like Ghana’s Michael Essien are hell bent on featuring at the two events in recognition of Kanu’s contribution to the upliftment to the standard of the game on the continent.
Arik Air will airlift all the players ( Friends of Kanu) from their respective base across the globe, the initiative which the Nigeria’s leading airline official says is aimed at identifying with the great personality like Kanu Nwankwo, who has contributed immensely to the development of Nigeria, Africa and world’s football.
The Kanu Nwankwo Testimonial Match will be televised live by Supersport and Africa Independent Televison.
Atlanta 96 Olympic gold-winning coach, Dutchman Bonfere Jo, will be the coach of the Super Eagles All Stars team, while former Barcelona gaffer Frank Rijkaard will guide the Friends of Kanu team.
Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that for the first time, they will be heavily involved in the organization of the Testimonial Match to show their support and solidarity for a player that has demonstrated total dedication and commitment to the cause of the national teams having played at almost all levels .
The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the event is former Leventis United General Manager and member of the Presidential Task Force for Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, Greco-Nigerian, John Mastoroudes.
EXPECTED SOCCER STARS TO FEATURE IN THE GAME
Marcel Desailly
Michael Essien
Frank De Boer
Ronald De Boer
Kalusha Bwalya
El Hadji Diouf
Asamoah Gyan
Aaron Mokoena
Sulley Muntari
Emmanuel Adebayor
Samuel Eto’o
Siphiwe Tshabalala
Patrick Kluivert
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
EAGLES ALL STARS TEAM
Finidi George
Taribo West
Victor Ikpeba
Austin Okocha
Emmanuel Amuneke
Celestine Babayaro
John Mikel Obi
Osaze Odemwingie
Ike Shorunmu
Samson Siasia
Joseph Yobo
Taye Taiwo
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Nduka Ugbade
Austin Eguavoen
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full name: Nwankwo Christian Nwosu Kanu
Date of birth: 1 August 1976 (age 34)
Place of birth: Owerri, Nigeria
Height: 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1/2 in)
Playing position: Second striker
CLUB INFORMATION
Current club: Portsmouth
Number: 27
SENIOR CAREER
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Fed Works 35 (20)
1992–1993 Iwuanyanwu Nationale 25 (15)
1993–1996 Ajax 54 (25)
1996–1999 Internazionale 11 (1)
1999–2004 Arsenal 119 (30)
2004–2006 West Bromwich Albion 53 (7)
2006– Portsmouth 131 (19)
NATIONAL TEAMS
1993 Nigeria U-17 6 (5)
1996 Nigeria U-23 6 (3)
1994–2010 Nigeria 86 (13)
HONOURS
Nigeria Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Nigerian Premier League: 1992–93
AJAX
Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
UEFA Super Cup: 1995
Intercontinental Cup: 1995
INTERNAZIONALE
UEFA Cup: 1997–98
ARSENAL
Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
FA Community Shield: 1999
PORTSMOUTH
FA Cup: 2007–08
COUNTRY
Nigeria
FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1993
Olympic Gold Medal: 1996
INDIVIDUAL
African Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1999
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1999
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