{"id":11364,"date":"2017-02-21T10:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11364"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:44:25","slug":"kanu-nwankwo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/kanu-nwankwo\/","title":{"rendered":"KANU, Nwankwo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>footballer, philanthropist; b: August I, 1976; p: Amakohia, ht: Amakohia, Iga: Owerri^ so: Imo; ed: Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Imo State, 1992; cr: Footballer, Iwuanyanwu Nationale Football Club, Owerri; NationalU-l 7 (GoldwinningGolden Eaglets) World Championship, Japan, 1993;,Youth Team, Ajax Amsterdam, Holland, Senior Team, Ajax (won European SuperCup^, 1994\/95; World Clubs Cup, Japan 1995), 1993-96; Super Eagles, Afro-Asian Cup; Friendly Match against Swedish National Team, Stockholm; World Cup, Super Eagles, 1994; Captain\/winner, The Eagles (Dream Team), Olympic Games, Atlanta, 1996; Transferred to Inter Milan, Italy, 1996; Underwent ^ successful heart surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA, 1997; Transferred to Chelsea FootballClub, England, 1998; Played for Inter Milan Football Club, Arsenal Football Club; Portsmouth Footbalf Club, England; West Bromwich Albion Football Club; Winner, UEFA Champions League Medal; UEFA Cup; 3 FACup Winners Medals; 2-Time African Player of the Year awards; Olympic Gold medal; mm. Super E&#038;^les Squad to Korea Japan, 2002 World Cup; Founder, Kanu Ny\/anko Heart foundation, Lagos, Nigeria; h: Most decorated African Footballer, with over 10 awards, including UEFA Champion League Medal; Most Valuable Player Award, Japan 1993; Best Attacker, Afro-Asian Cup, 1994; World&#8217;s Number One Player for August, WorldSoccer Magazine, 1996; African Footballer of the Year AwarJ, Confederation of African Football, 1996; 6* Best Footballer in the World, Federation of International Football Association, 1996; Olympic Gold, Atlanta, 1996;award: Winner, Stella Obasanjo Award, NGOofthe Year 2005, by ThisDay; Fidelity Bank Brand Ambassador, 2008; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, add: Kanu Heart Foundation, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2409,547],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11364","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-philanthropist","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22661,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11364\/revisions\/22661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11364"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}