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OON · Officer of the Order of the NigerOlympic gold medallist; two-time African Footballer of the Year· Conferred 1996-10-01

Nwankwo Kanu

Captained Nigeria's U-17 World Cup-winning team (1993). Olympic football gold, Atlanta 1996. African Footballer of the Year, 1996 and 1999.

The record

Nwankwo Christian Kanu (b. 1976) won the FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Golden Eaglets in 1993, captained the Dream Team to Olympic football gold at Atlanta in 1996, and won the African Footballer of the Year award in 1996 and 1999. Club honours: UEFA Cup (Inter Milan, 1998), Premier League (Arsenal, 2001/02 Invincibles), FA Cup (Arsenal × 2; Portsmouth, 2008).

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.