Sam Ojebode

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Sam Ojebode
Personal information
Full name Samuel Adeleke Ojebode
Date of birth(1944-07-14)14 July 1944
Place of birth Oyo, Nigeria
Date of death 4 July 2012(2012-07-04) (aged 67)
Place of death Ibadan, Nigeria
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Ibadan Lions
1971–1978 Shooting Stars
International career
Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Ojebode (14 July 1944 – 4 July 2012) was a Nigerian footballer.

Career

Ojebode played for Shooting Stars, where he won the 1976 African Cup Winners' Cup; he also captained the Nigerian national side in three matches at the 1976 African Cup of Nations. [1] He appeared in four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

He passed away on 4 July 2012 from lung cancer. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "NFF mourns Sam Ojebode". Kick Off . 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sam Ojebode is dead". 5 July 2018.


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