{"id":28739,"date":"2020-08-15T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28739"},"modified":"2020-08-15T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T15:40:51","slug":"fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday","title":{"rendered":"FIFA, CAF, NFF Celebrate Okocha on 47th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s football legend, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, is being celebrated across the world today (Friday) as he turns 47 years.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the celebrations is the world football governing body, FIFA, who described the former Super Eagles captain as a &#8216;born-entertainer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>?? A Super Eagle and a sensational talent ?<\/p>\n<p>? Happy birthday to born entertainer Jay-Jay Okocha ?#HBD | @IAmOkocha | @NGSuperEagles pic.twitter.com\/vjgSeaCRZi<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) August 14, 2020<\/p>\n<p>FIFA on their official Twitter handle wrote: &#8220;A Super Eagle and a sensational talent. Happy birthday to born entertainer Jay-Jay Okocha.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FIFA will definitely have fond memories of Okocha who is one of the few Nigerian players to have featured in three editions of the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Okocha was at the USA 1994, France 1998 as well as the Japan\/Korea 2002 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Though he surprisingly never won the coveted African Player of the Year award, Okocha was also fondly celebrated by the continent&#8217;s football governing body, CAF, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>CAF described Okocha as an incredible talent who entertained millions with his silky skills.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed Okocha impressed the continent with his exceptional skills; featuring in five editions of the flagship tournament.<\/p>\n<p>?? Happy Birthday to former Nigeria international Jay-Jay Okocha! ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Nigeria&#8217;s football legend, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, is being celebrated across the world today (Friday) as he turns 47 years. Leading the celebrations is the world football governing body, FIFA, who described the former Super Eagles captain as a &#8216;born-entertainer.&#8217; ?? A Super Eagle and a sensational talent ? ? Happy birthday to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[174,115],"class_list":["post-28739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-football-in-nigeria","tag-nigerian-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIFA, CAF, NFF Celebrate Okocha on 47th Birthday - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Nigeria&#039;s football legend, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, is being celebrated across the world today (Friday) as he turns 47 years.Leading the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA, CAF, NFF Celebrate Okocha on 47th Birthday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Nigeria&#039;s football legend, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, is being celebrated across the world today (Friday) as he turns 47 years.Leading the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-15T15:40:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/caff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"FIFA, CAF, NFF Celebrate Okocha on 47th Birthday\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-15T15:40:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/caff.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Football in Nigeria\",\"Nigerian sports\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fifa-caf-nff-celebrate-okocha-on-47th-birthday\",\"name\":\"FIFA, CAF, NFF Celebrate Okocha on 47th Birthday - 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