KANU APPOINTED AS NEW ENYIMBA CHAIRMAN

July 11, 2023

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Former Super Eagles skipper, Nwankwo Kanu has been appointed the new chairman of Enyimba International Football Club of Aba.

Nwankwo will succeed Felix Anyansi Agwu, club’s longest serving chairman who was in charge for 24 years .

Kanu’s appointment was confirmed by the Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu yesterday in a terse press statement which read thus: “Sporting legend and former Super Eagles’ star, Mr. Kanu Nwankwo has been appointed to supervise Enyimba Football Club to strengthen the team the team and make it win more laurels for the State.”

Kanu won the prestigious African Footballer of the Year award twice, the first time in 1996 after leading Nigeria to win historic Africa’s first Olympic Games football gold medal in Atlanta Georgia. He made an encore in 1999 during his days with Arsenal.

Under Anyansi, Enyimba became a household name across the continent as the first Nigerian club to win the continent’s most prestigious club competition , the CAF Champions League trophy in 2003 and made an encore in 2004. The club also won the African Super Cup twice in 2004 and 2005.

On the domestic Nigeria football scene, Enyimba won a record nine Nigeria Premier Football League title as well as four national cup otherwise known as Federation Cup among other laurels.