Biographical sketch

Biography examples Uchenna Kizito Okafor // (listen), often shortened to Uche Okafor (8 August – 6 January ) [1] was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 34 international appearances for the Nigeria national team.

Uche Okafor

Nigerian footballer

For the Nigerian goalkeeper, see Uche Okafor (footballer, born ).

Uchenna Kizito Okafor, often shortened to Uche Okafor (8 August – 6 January )^[1] was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender.

He made 34 international appearances for the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Okafor's club career took him to many countries^[2] before he settled in the USA. Okafor was drafted to Kansas City Wizards in the ninth round of the MLS Inaugural Player Draft, and played there for five seasons before retiring after the season.

International career

Okafor played every match when Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations, but sustained an ankle injury shortly thereafter.

Uche okafor biography definition Uchenna Kizito Okafor // ⓘ, often shortened to Uche Okafor (8 August – 6 January ) [1] was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 34 international appearances for the Nigeria national team.

He was part of the squad to the World Cup but did not get any playing time. He played one out of their four games in the World Cup, though, as well as at the Olympics.

Post-playing career

Okafor coached for the Associated Soccer Group,^[3] a member of the North Texas Soccer Association. He was head coach for the 91 Gold Central boys team and the 93 HP Central boys team who play in the Plano Premier Select Soccer league.

Biography synonym Uchenna Kizito Anthony Okafor was born on August 8th, in Owerri, Imo State. He was from Ezeakpi Umuabali Ubomiri, in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. He was a professional footballer who played as a defender.

Okafor was a regular pundit on African football on ESPN's coverage and their PressPass programme.

Death

Okafor's body was discovered by his wife in January shortly after he returned home from dropping off his daughter in school in their house in Little Elm, a town about 30 miles northwest of Dallas.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office said that he hanged himself in an upstairs hallway. Okafor's family rejected the suicide ruling of the Little Elm Police Department, suspecting foul play.^[4]

Kent Babb, reporter for the Kansas City Star, published an in-depth analysis of Uche's death on 19 May ^[5]

Honours

Kansas City Wizards