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31 The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Confederation of African Football (CAF), Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain have sent birthday wishes to legendary Nigerian captain Austin Okocha at 51.
NFF wrote on X:”Happy birthday to the legendary @IAmOkocha .”
Ligue 1 champions PSG stated: “Happy birthday to #PSGLegend Jay-Jay Okocha. ❤️.”
According to Frankfurt:”Jay Jay Okocha who once danced with the Titans, celebrates his 51st birthday today.”
CAF then wrote:”So good they named him twice. ✨
“Happiest of birthdays to Nigerian icon and CAF Ambassador, Jay-Jay Okocha. .”
Okocha made his Super Eagles debut in 1993 against Côte d’Ivoire in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
He was a member of the Super Eagles squad that won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia and also featured at the USA 1994 World Cup.
Okocha played a key role as Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles made history as they won gold in the football event of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic games.
He went on to feature at the France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002 World Cups and retired from international football in 2006.
He finished runners-up in the CAF Player of the Year in 1998, losing to Morocco’s Mustapha Hadji.
At club level Okocha played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce, PSG, Bolton Wanderers and Hull City.
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