Sylvanus Okpala
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sylvanus Okpala | ||
Date of birth | 5 September 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Anambra State, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979-1983 | Enugu Rangers | ||
1983–1984 | União | ||
1984–1986 | Marítimo | ||
1986–1989 | União | ||
1989–1991 | Nacional | 39 | (3) |
International career | |||
1979–1988 | Nigeria | 45 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sylvanus "Quicksilver" Okpala (born 5 September 1961) is a retired Nigerian football midfielder.
Okpala played club football for Enugu Rangers,[1] C.S. Marítimo and C.D. Nacional in the Portuguese Liga.[2]
Okpala played for the Nigeria national football team at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3][4] He also played for the squad that won the 1980 African Cup of Nations.
On 8 November 2011, Sylvanus has become assistant manager of Nigeria National Team. [1].
References
[edit]- ^ The Sun News On-line | Sports
- ^ "Sylvanus (Sylvanus Okpala)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ "Sylvanus Okpala Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Sylvanus Okpala – FIFA competition record (archived)
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Anambra State
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Rangers International F.C. players
- C.F. União players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- C.D. Nacional players
- Primeira Liga players
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- 1982 African Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football midfielder stubs