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Ndubuisi Okosieme (born 28 September 1966) is a former Nigerian international football player. He was a skilful right–winger who played professional club football in Nigeria and Belgium, as well as representing the Nigeria national under-20 football team (Flying Eagles) and the senior Nigeria national football team (Green Eagles) in tournament football at international level. He was known by the nickname "Garrincha" during his football career. ==Career== As a promising schoolboy player in 1983, Okosieme was disappointed to be rejected by his local club Bendel Insurance for being too small. He signed with Nigerian Rubber Board FC instead, the club who became known as Flash Flamingoes. During his time with Flash Flamingoes, Okosieme accepted a transfer to New Nigeria Bank FC. The owner of Flash Flamingoes scuppered the transfer by threatening to pull his own funds out of the bank if they signed Okosieme. Disgruntled Okosieme initially refused to return to Flamingoes and wanted to join Julius Berger FC instead, before relenting. In 1988 Okosieme did leave Flash Flamingoes, for ambitious third division outfit El-Kanemi Warriors who were based in Maiduguri. Leaving after a short time, he briefly played for ACB Lagos. In 1989 Okosieme and compatriot Charles Okonkwo moved to London to play for Brentford but did not break through at the English club. Okonkwo moved to Cyprus while Okosieme finished the season with Belgian Second Division club K.F.C. Eeklo. At the expiry of his contract with Eeklo in 1991, Okosieme arranged a transfer to SV Eintracht Trier 05 in the Oberliga Südwest, the third tier of German football. Okosieme's manager in Belgium blocked the deal, so Okosieme returned to England in the hope of landing a contract there. He was unable to sign for a professional club so spent the years from 1992 to 1995 playing amateur football with Willesden Constantine and Petersfield Town. In 1995 Okosieme went back to Nigeria and was allowed to join the national team's training camp ahead of their Afro-Asian Cup of Nations match in Uzbekistan that October. He suffered a serious knee injury during the camp but was not compensated by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who said he was there on an unofficial basis. Okosieme recovered from the injury but was forced to end his playing career after a number of unsuccessful trials with local teams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ndubuisi Okosieme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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