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| Date of birth | 31 December 1965 [1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
| 2013-2015 | Nigeria U17 | |||||||||||||||
| 2015-2018 | Nigeria U20 | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Nigeria U17 | |||||||||||||||
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