Kenneth Olayombo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Olayombo | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Calabar, Nigeria Protectorate | ||
| Date of death | 3 July 2013 (aged 65)[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968 | Lagos Garrison Organisation | ||
| International career | |||
| 1968 | Nigeria U23 | 2 | (2) |
| 1968–1980 | Nigeria[2] | 33 | (12) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Olayombo (29 August 1947 – 3 July 2013) was a Nigeria international football forward.
Career
[edit | edit source]Born in Calabar, Olayombo began playing club football for local side Nigerian Army F.C. Olayombo represented Nigeria at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also made several appearances for the senior Nigeria national team, including five FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He played at the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Mention of Kenneth Olayombo's
- ^ Nigeria - Record International Players
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Kenneth Olayombo – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Kenneth Olayombo's profile at Sports Reference.com
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Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Calabar
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- 1976 African Cup of Nations players
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists in football
- Men's association football forwards
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football forward stubs