Christian Chukwu: 7 Shocking Facts About The Late National Football Icon

Nigeria today lost a national icon of her footballing sector, former national team captain and coach, Christian Chukwu, popularly known as Chairman Chukwu.

Here 7 quick facts about the man, some absurd and some downright controversial

1. Most people who are familiar with the late legend do not know that the former defence ace also answers Okoro, a common name that symbolise true Igboness in some parlances
2. But for personal persistence, Chukwu would not have broken through to soccer limelight. His parents, as did many other caring parents, discouraed him from playing football early in lfie
3. Before, fortune smiled on him, young Christian went through the survival pathway the average child, hawking plantain on the streets to augment family income
4. Ngwo park in Enugu has a special place in late Christian Chukwu’s heart. It was there that he horned his early football skills, paying arena withl reputation of producing stars. There was a ready crowd to watch budding stars display their skills.                                                                                                                                                      READ ALSO: Sports Betting: Lottery Commission Lists Authentic Winning Outlets                                       READ ALSO: Be Careful With Those Pretending To Be Sports Scouts -NAPTIP             
5. After captaining and coaching Nigerian teams, Chairman Chukwu coached the Kenya national team before also coaching the Nigerian national team.
6. From playing for Enugu Rangers, one of the most successful teams within Africa in the 1970s and 1980s, Chukwu also coached the team, enabling it to take the 6th place in the 2008–2009 edition of the Nigeria Premier League.
7. Chukwu battled health challenges in 2019 leading to national outcries about the poor handling of welfares of national sports icons. Chukwu’s case attracted the attention, of many, and  made Nigerian oil magnate and billionaire, Femi Otedola to foot necessary bills so Chukwu could get the best of medicare in the United States of America.

-adapted from entries on the late icon from Wikipedia.