Okey Isima

Okey Isima
Personal information
Full name Okechukwu Emmanuel Isima
Date of birth (1956-08-24)24 August 1956
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria[1]
Date of death 18 February 2013(2013-02-18) (aged 56)
Place of death Nigeria
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978-1982 Enugu Rangers - (-)
1982-1983 CF Os Belenenses - (-)
1983-1984 CF Uniao - (-)
1984-1985 Vitória SC - (-)
1985-1986 Sporting Covilhã - (-)
1986-1987 CF Estrela Amadora - (-)
1987-1988 CD Cova da Piedade - (-)
International career
1978–1985 Nigeria 20 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Okey Isima (24 August 1956 – 18 February 2013) was a Nigerian football defender who played for Nigeria in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 African Cup of Nations.

Personal life

The seventh of ten children, Isima and his wife lived in Atlanta and had four children.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sun News interview 15 Sept. 2012 Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ NDI-NSUGBE IN DIASPORA FACEBOOK