Christian Chukwu A Nigerian Soccer Star, Attains 70

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Christian Chukwu&comma; a Nigerian soccer star with credible history&comma; is 70 years old<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> can reveal that Chief <strong>Christian<&sol;strong> Chukwu Okoro&comma; Member&comma; Order of the Niger&comma; MON&comma; is 70 years old&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The football legend has always been in the news of recent essentially on health account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former captain of the then Green Eagles and former coach of the Super Eagles&comma; was born January 4&comma; 1951&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chukwu started his coaching career in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Lebanon<&sol;a> in the mid-1990s&comma; before being appointed coach of the Kenya national team in 1998&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Later&comma; from 2003 to 2005&comma; he coached Nigeria&comma; leading them to reach semifinals at the 2004 African Cup of Nations&period; During the 2006 World Cup qualification phase&comma; Chukwu was blamed for inept coaching and management of the Nigerian national football team&comma; and two matches before the qualifying campaign was over&comma; he was suspended&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In two matches – home and away – against eventual group winners Angola&comma; Nigeria failed to win either one of those two encounters&period; This was blamed on Chukwu and those two crucial failures eventually led to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria<&sol;a> failing to qualify for the World Cup&comma; after having appeared at all World Cup finals tournaments since their debut in 1994&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In April 2019 the Nigeria Football Federation announced that they would help Chukwu pay for his medical bills for treatment in the United States&comma; while billionaire Femi Otedola said he would also contribute&period; It was later announced that he would travel for treatment in May after the required funds were raised&comma; he was cured&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defender in his playing days&comma; coached Enugu Rangers to 6th place in the 2008–2009 edition of the Nigeria Premier League&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; he was sacked on 5 August 2009 for failing to reach the club&&num;8217&semi;s targets for the season&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a player&comma; he became the captain of Enugu Rangers football club and the Nigeria national team in the late 1970s&period; He was the first Nigerian captain to lift the African Nations Cup trophy after a 3–0 victory over Algeria in the final of the 1980 tournament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;