The Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) has condoled the household of former Nigeria worldwide midfielder Ayo Ogunlana, who died in Kaduna on Friday after observing his early-morning stroll.
NFF Basic Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, showered tributes on the departed midfield pearl, who was a star attraction throughout quite a lot of essential Nigeria FA Cup battles within the Nineteen Eighties and held sway within the center for the Tremendous Eagles within the late Nineteen Eighties, and on the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Algeria.
“We’re very unhappy to be taught of the sudden passing of Ayo Ogunlana, solely a few weeks after the demise of one other former Eagle, Moses Effiong (a member of the 1980 AFCON-winning Inexperienced Eagles squad, in distant USA).
“Ogunlana was an amazing midfielder who made taking part in soccer look really easy along with his majestic touches and turns, and his magnificent free-kicks.
“We pray that the Almighty will grant each of them everlasting relaxation and grant the households they’ve left behind the fortitude to bear the losses.”
Ogunlana was magisterial within the midfield as Nigeria overhauled Guinea and Zimbabwe to qualify for the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations and was imperial towards Cameroon in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Ibadan that the Tremendous Eagles received with an emphatic 2-0. He additionally performed within the 1990 ECOWAS Cup competitors that Nigeria hosted in Kaduna.
In March 1990, the midfield generalissimo earned rave critiques as Nigeria completed with the silver medals on the seventeenth Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria, even coming near bagging Nigeria a late equalizer within the last towards hosts and winners Algeria, from his favorite dead-ball place.