OKOCHA INCLUDED IN FIFA LEGENDS SQUAD TO PARTICIPATE IN EXHIBITION GAMES

Super Eagles legend, Austin Okocha will be part of the FIFA Legends squad that will take on Russian National Team Legends in an exhibition match at the Football Park in Kaliningrad this Sunday.

He will be joined by ex-goalkeeper of Switzerland Pascal Zuberbühler, ex-England defender Wes Brown, Cafu, former Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjčar, and ex-Portugal striker Nuno Gomes while the Russia Legends will be represented by ex-players of the national team: goalkeeper Ruslan Nigmatullin, defender Dmitri Sennikov, midfielders Alexander Mostovoi, Alexei Smertin and Andrei Tikhonov, striker Alexander Panov.

Okocha, who is well known for his ball trickery, represented Nigeria at three World Cups, 1994, 1998 and 2002, playing nine games in total.