Born on March 3rd, 1985, in Lagos, Femi Opabunmi started his football career in Ibadan, Oyo State, where he became a household name until the late coach Musa Abdullahi picked him, along with 22 others, to fly Nigeria’s flag at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
He became a national hero a few months later because of his dazzling runs on the flanks for the Golden Eaglets, even though Nigeria lost 0-3 to France in the finals of the event. He won the Silver Shoe as the second highest goal scorer and the bronze ball as the tournaments’ third best player.
Opabunmi would go on to represent Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the third youngest player at the age of 17.
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