Google celebrates Nigerian football icon Samuel Okwaraji on his birthday with a doodle.
The multinational technology company shows the unique achievement of the football martyr who died on August 12, 1989, at the age of 25.
Today's #GoogleDoodle honors Nigeria's first football martyr, Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji. u26bdufe0fu2764ufe0f pic.twitter.com/jlwy6Yh73n
— Goal Nigeria (@GoalcomNigeria) May 19, 2019
Okwaraji was one of the many discoveries of German tactician Manfred Hoener in an era that is still regarded as part of the glory days of Nigerian football.
At the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations, he shone like a million stars and in the process was named man of the match twice and his wonder strike against Cameroon was icing on the cake as it stood till date as one of the fastest goals in the African football fiesta.