http://www.oneindia.com/sports/football/footballer-turned-priest-reforms-kids-at-nigeria-2306250.html Footballer turned priest reforms kids in Nigeria Written by: Sujata Sarkar Former East Bengal and Mohun Bagan footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma had turned into a priest after quitting football. Former Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma who had played for Kolkata giants East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan has become a priest. The Nigerian footballer was a popular name in the Kolkata Maidan in between 1985 and late 1990s. He was the first Nigerian footballer to play in India. Despite playing alongside the then superstar Chima Okorie, Chibuzor earned special attention from the football Pundits for his blistering speed, both with and without the ball. The forward, after retiring from the game in 1998 from Churchill Brothers, where he scored seven goals in the 16 matches, Chibuzor chose a completely different profession. Having studied with Theology Chibuzor always had an interest in the religious matter. As an aftermath, the former Nigerian footballer chose to be a priest and began to live at Imo in Nigeria. But very recently he has again changed his mission. Along with working as a priest in a church, Chibuzor has set a small football residential coaching centre in Lagos, Nigeria. There he offers training and rehabilitation to young boys only who have been driven crimes at an early age. Speaking from Lagos over the phone recently, Chibuzor said: “I was feeling very sad, watching the kids getting them involved in different types of criminal activities. "Initially, I tried to understand them trying to bring into normal life. But that did not work. Then I thought football could be an effective ingredient to mold them. "So along with one of my friends, I set up a small residential coaching centre in Lagos and invited some of those boys to play the game. "This effort had finally clicked. Formidable amount of boys have come to my coaching centre. They do not only play football, they also have started studying.” Commenting on Kolkata, Chibuzor said: “I have a wonderful remembrance of Kolkata where I had stayed for a long time. I had enjoyed staying there.”
Shit, fuck this forum! Screw the @admins ! It does not notify new posts on some threads and I missed yours @namewithheld! We surely could have met this Sunday. Sorry.
I knew the prof wouldn't come, he was probably trying to recover from the 'shock' (well, not so much, really) loss of points.
Haha, not really...I had noticed @namewtheld's post on Saturday...had one of the most tortuous journeys to Kolkata the day before (Saturday)...started at morning and came back to Durgapur at 9:30 p.m...the bus broke down in the middle of the journey...was dog-tired at the end of the day...certainly could not make it back to Kolkata the next day It seems that it has been predestined that this meeting cannot take place without me
@archak: Yes, you are...it does not take even 4 hours on bus...31/2 hours....as I said, the bus broke down ...couldn't be repaired...we had to wait at for almost 1.5 hours before another bus arrived from the Burdwan depot...so the journey to Kolkata took almost 6 hours....the return journey also took around 51/2 hours because of the traffic jam at Panagarh...so there you are
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Footballer turned priest reforms kids in Nigeria
Written by: Sujata Sarkar
Former East Bengal and Mohun Bagan footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma had turned into a priest after quitting football.
Former Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma who had played for Kolkata giants East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan has become a priest. The Nigerian footballer was a popular name in the Kolkata Maidan in between 1985 and late 1990s. He was the first Nigerian footballer to play in India. Despite playing alongside the then superstar Chima Okorie, Chibuzor earned special attention from the football Pundits for his blistering speed, both with and without the ball. The forward, after retiring from the game in 1998 from Churchill Brothers, where he scored seven goals in the 16 matches, Chibuzor chose a completely different profession. Having studied with Theology Chibuzor always had an interest in the religious matter. As an aftermath, the former Nigerian footballer chose to be a priest and began to live at Imo in Nigeria. But very recently he has again changed his mission. Along with working as a priest in a church, Chibuzor has set a small football residential coaching centre in Lagos, Nigeria. There he offers training and rehabilitation to young boys only who have been driven crimes at an early age. Speaking from Lagos over the phone recently, Chibuzor said: “I was feeling very sad, watching the kids getting them involved in different types of criminal activities. "Initially, I tried to understand them trying to bring into normal life. But that did not work. Then I thought football could be an effective ingredient to mold them. "So along with one of my friends, I set up a small residential coaching centre in Lagos and invited some of those boys to play the game. "This effort had finally clicked. Formidable amount of boys have come to my coaching centre. They do not only play football, they also have started studying.” Commenting on Kolkata, Chibuzor said: “I have a wonderful remembrance of Kolkata where I had stayed for a long time. I had enjoyed staying there.”
I knew the prof wouldn't come, he was probably trying to recover from the 'shock' (well, not so much, really) loss of points.
It seems that it has been predestined that this meeting cannot take place without me
@thebeautifulgame it only takes 4 hours on bus. am i missing something?