The ex-Super Eagles defender shares his memories of the West Africans’ Olympic glory in Atlanta in 1996
Ahead of the 2020 Olympics football final, Goal present the second part in our series remembering Africa - and Nigeria's - finest hour at the tournament, with the people who were there to tell the tale.
In 1996, in Atlanta, Nigeria became the first African team to win Olympic gold in the football competition—and indeed, there has never been a side from the continent before or since who have surpassed this triumph in a major men’s competition.
The Eagles’ performance in the United States will live forever in the memories of those who experienced it, not least because of those vibrant triumphs against Brazil and Argentina in the semi-final and final.