Quick facts you need to know about Emmanuel Amunike.
Emmanuel Amunike is a retired professional Nigerian footballer who was part of the "Dream team" that won the Atlanta 1996. He had a lovely football career both at home and during his time at FC Barcelona club back then.
Here are a few quick facts about him.
- He's a former Nigerian professional player and coach who played as a winger for the "Super Eagles"
- He was born on the 25th of December 1970 in Eziobodo Owerri Imo State.
- He won domestic league in his early career both in Nigeria and Egypt.
- He was bought for 3.6 million dollars by the FC Barcelona in December 1996.
- He played for Nigeria 27 times and scored 9 goals.
- Amunike was part of the team that won the Tunisia 1994 cup of Nation which also earned him the African footballer same year.
- He scored against Italy and Bulgaria in the 1994 World Cup held in the USA.
- He took some coaching courses in Europe around 2008 and coached the U17 Nigeria football team to win the 2015 world cup.
- Tanzania national football team announced Emmanuel Amunike as the head coach for their team on August 8th 2018.
- Emmanuel has two brothers Kevin and Kingsley who are professional footballers as well.
- Amunike's last-minute goal at the Atlanta 96 against Argentina earned the Super Eagle (Dream team) the Golden medal.
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