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Jay-Jay Okocha

1973 - Today

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Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha ( ə-KOTCH-ə; born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He had 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all time and one of the most influential dribblers in World football history. He played across multiple leagues, starting his career at Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Professional Football League before moving to Borussia Neunkirchen in the Oberliga Südwest, Germany's third division, in July 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jay-Jay Okocha is the 777th most popular soccer player (down from 521st in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 777 out of 21,273. Before him are Francisco Aramburu, Bruno Conti, Paul McGrath, Manuel Ferreira, Antonio de la Cruz, and Mordechai Spiegler. After him are Hervé Renard, Dirceu, Kazuyuki Mugita, Nobuo Kawakami, Roberto Bettega, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 43. Before him are Roberto Martínez, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Makoto Shinkai, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Monica Seles, and Varg Vikernes. After him are Vera Farmiga, Rogério Ceni, Guillaume Canet, Paulo Fonseca, Andrew Lincoln, and Ceca.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 16 out of 309. Before him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Bola Tinubu (1952). After him are John Obi Mikel (1987), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), and Moshood Abiola (1937).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 1. After him are John Obi Mikel (1987), Victor Osimhen (1998), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Yakubu (1982), Taribo West (1974), Tijani Babangida (1973), Alex Iwobi (1996), Sunday Oliseh (1974), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), and Finidi George (1971).

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