Check Out 5 Nigerian Footballers Who Later Turned To Pastors
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1. Chidi Nwanu
Chidi Nwanu is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He won 20 caps for the Nigeria national team and was part of the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
In 1988, while playing for ACB Lagos, he was declared unwanted by coach Patrick Ekeji. He is currently a Pastor in Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry in the United States.
2. Taribo West
He is a Nigerian pastor and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for his various unusual and colourful hairstyles.
He eventually became a pastor after his footballing days. In 2014, West founded a church called Shelter in the Storm Miracle Ministries of All Nation in Lagos.
3. Fatai Atere
He is a former Nigerian footballer born 1st August 1971 in Lagos, Nigeria.
After relocating to the United States of America in 1990, he was named the managing director of the EJJE Youth Soccer Academy in Tampa, Florida. He is currently a minister in the house of God.
4. Idah Peterside
Idah Peterside is a Nigerian international football goalkeeper and media officer, television pundit and pastor.
He retired from active football in 2002. He is currently a football analyst for SuperSports and Pastor at Christ Ambassadors Church based in Kempton Park, Johannesburg.