Jay Jay Okocha Stadium was named for the midfielder who was of what nationality?
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Jay Jay Okocha Stadium Jay Jay Okocha Stadium is a stadium in Ogwashi-Uku, Anioma, Nigeria named after former Super Eagles captain Jay-Jay Okocha. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Delta Force F.C. Renamed after Okocha in June 2008, the stadium has a capacity of 8,000 people and hosted matches for the 2008 WAFU U-20 Championship won by Ghana.
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Jay-Jay Okocha Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A quick and skillful playmaker, who is widely regarded as the best Nigerian player of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time, Okocha was known for his confidence, technique, creativity, and dribbling skills, as well as his use of feints, in particular the stepover. Due to his skill, he was described as being 'so good that they named him twice' (a line immortalised in a terrace chant while Okocha played for Bolton Wanderers). He is a dual Nigerian-Turkish citizen, having acquired Turkish citizenship as "Muhammet Yavuz" while playing for Süper Lig team Fenerbahçe.
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Anthony Obodai Anthony Obodai (born 6 August 1982) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a midfielder.
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Kareem Kazeem Kareem Olanrewaju Kazeem (born 21 May 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
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Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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Nando Yosu Fernando Trío Zabala (8 July 1939 – 20 February 2016), known as Nando Yosu, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.
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Matías Oyola Matías "El Pony" Oyola (born 15 October 1982 in Río Cuarto) is an Argentine-born Ecuadorian football central midfielder currently playing for Barcelona. Well known for technique and stamina, he is usually considered to be one of the best midfielders playing in South America.
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Achille Emaná Achille Emaná Edzimbi (born 5 June 1982), known as Emaná, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
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Willy van de Kerkhof Wilhelmus "Willy" Antonius van de Kerkhof (] ; born 16 September 1951) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder.
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İlkay Gündoğan İlkay Gündoğan (] , ; born 24 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Germany national team.
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Carlos Roca (footballer) Carlos Jose Roca (born 4 September 1984) is an English football midfielder who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic.
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Abdulrahim Jumaa Abdulrahim Anbar Jumaa (Arabic: عبد الرحيم جمعة عنبر‎ ‎ ; born 23 May 1979) is a United Arab Emirates footballer who plays in the midfield .
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Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos (] ; born 28 September 1964), nicknamed "Bichi", is a Chilean-Argentine football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Quino Cabrera Francisco 'Quino' Cabrera Guinovart (born 5 March 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Stephen Okai Stephen Okai (born 27 September 1989) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in USL Pro.
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Juan Carlos Garay Juan Carlos Garay (born 1968-09-15) is a retired footballer from Ecuador, who played as a midfielder during his career.
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Yuri Shikunov Yuri Ivanovich Shikunov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Шикунов; born 8 December 1939) is a retired Soviet and Russian footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
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Jorge Burruchaga Jorge Luis Burruchaga (] ; nicknamed "Burru", born 9 October 1962) is an Argentine association football coach and former professional football player, born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos. He played both as an attacking midfielder and striker and is famous for scoring the winning goal in the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
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James Sánchez James Sánchez Altamiranda (] ; born 4 May 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior.
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Osama Malik Osama "Ozzie" Malik (Arabic: أسامة ملك‎ ‎ ; born 30 September 1990) is an Australian football (soccer) player for Melbourne City.
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Xabi Alonso Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano (] , ] ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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Kenshiro Daniels Kenshiro Michael Lontok Daniels (born January 13, 1995) is an American-born Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for Kaya FC and the Philippines national team. Born in Irvine, California to an English father, Hollywood actor and retired kickboxer Gary Daniels and a Filipino mother.