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Segun Odegbami
Segun Odegbami needs no introduction within and outside Nigeria's sporting establishment. He has captained an illustrious clubside (the IICC Shooting Stars) and the national team (...view moreSegun Odegbami needs no introduction within and outside Nigeria's sporting establishment. He has captained an illustrious clubside (the IICC Shooting Stars) and the national team (the Super Eagles) in fiercely fought engagements at home and abroad and brought back trophies to the adulation of millions of his countrymen and women.
Even after he hung his boots for good …years ago, Segun did not ride into sunset to graze and watch the world go by. Instead, he began a personal odyssey in pursuit of the elusive puzzles of how to transform the raw football and other sports talents that abound in Nigeria into a truly global force.
His findings, eloquent, richly detailed civilized observations are at times hilarious, at times saddened, but devoid of cheap cynicism...
For all his strongly held convictions, Segun operates a Samurai's quaint set of codes: Integrity, Sincerity, Honour, Courage, Benevolence and Self Control. Now, that is the great plus, the above and beyond football element that is the real essence of the man...
This then is the first volume in a series of compilations of the writings of a man, whose fame as a footballer and his various post-playing day's contributions to sports, have tended to eclipse his quintessence as a versatile being for who sports is but an outlet of expression. It raises the curtain into the multi-coloured world of an artist, engineer, writer and philosopher, the world seem content to pigeon-hole as a footballer.view less
Books by Segun Odegbami
Me, Football and More: A Selection of the Media Writings of “Mathematical” Segun Odegbami