Former Super Eagles player and current football coach, Daniel Amokachi, has rated Mikel Obi as the greatest player Nigeria ever had, above the likes of Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Joseph Yobo.
Mikel, 32 has had a distinguished playing career, winning 9 major silverware including AFCON, two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Carling Cup, the FA Cup, and Europa League.
Meanwhile Kanu Nwankwo also had a distinguished career winning trophies and playing in big clubs. He is a Dutch League and Champions League winner with Ajax, English Premier League winner with Arsenal Invincibles during their unbeatable season. He is also a Seria A winner with Inter Milan, Captain of the Nigerian Under 23 Olympics Gold Medalists, Captain of the FIFA Eaglets World Cup winners, Captain of the Super Eagles African Cup of Nations winners, Best Young Player of the Year (FIFA), African Footballer of the Year, Ballon D’or FIFA 11 List and FIFA Under 21 winner.
Despite Nwankwo’s achievement as a player and with his teams, Amokachi who earned 44 caps for Nigeria feels Mikel is Nigeria’s greatest player ever.
‘Mikel (Obi) is the greatest player,’ said Amokachi on Brila FM’s Show “The Bull’s Pit”.
‘He has won everything that a player can hope to; the Champions League, Europa, AFCON in 2013 and he also captained the national team.
‘As a footballer, your laurels count and that will surely count for Mikel because nobody has won that much in Nigerian football.’
