ACTUALITE |
07.01.2002
`Jay Jay` Okocha named Nigeria`s Player of the Year
LAGOS,
Top Nigerian midfielder Austin "Jay Jay" Okocha, who stars for Paris Saint-Germain, was Sunday night named the country`s best player for 2001 by sports writers.
The 28-year-old Okocha beat fellow Nigerian internationals Finidi George of Ipswich Town and last year`s winner Victor Agali, who features for Bundesliga outfit Schalke 04, to win the annual award.
"I`m most honoured by this award. I hope to continue to give my best," Okocha said at the awards ceremony here.
The stylish midfielder, first capped by the `Super Eagles` in 1993, has regained his place in the first team of his French club PSG. He was also an important figure in Nigeria`s successful but laboured qualification for the 2002 World Cup.
|
|
Hits: 1 | Source:Dailysoccer | |
|
|
|
|
| |