Football legend · Olympic gold captain
Also known as: Kanu Nwankwo · Kanu
Papilo. Captain of the Dream Team that won Olympic gold in 1996, a Champions League winner with Ajax and an Arsenal Invincible — Nwankwo Kanu is one of Nigeria’s best-loved footballers.
Read the full biography →He helped Nigeria win the 1993 U-17 World Cup, and Ajax signed him soon after.
At Ajax he won the Champions League in 1995.
After moving to Inter Milan in 1996, a medical test found a serious heart defect.
At Arsenal he became a fan favourite, including a stunning 15-minute hat-trick against Chelsea in 1999.
He had surgery and many feared his career was over — but he returned to football, and in 2000 founded the Kanu Heart Foundation to help children with heart conditions get treatment.
He won two Premier League titles, including the unbeaten “Invincibles” season of 2003–04, and FA Cups.
At Portsmouth he scored the only goal in the 2008 FA Cup final.
Papilo.
Yes, he captained Nigeria to gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
A charity Kanu founded in 2000 to help children with heart defects get surgery and care.
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