Former Super Eagles Captain Vincent Enyema named One of 4 African greatest keepers by Chelsea goalkeeper

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has named former Tremendous Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama as one of many 4 best African goalkeepers of all time.

Mendy named Ex-Senegal goalkeeper Tony Sylva, Cameroon duo of Thomas N’kono and Carlos Kameni, and Tremendous Eagles hero Vincent Enyeama as one of the best 4 shot-stoppers Africa has ever produced.

Mendy, who received the 2021 AFCON with Senegal in February 2022, says Africa had produced many gifted goalkeepers over time, however none may be in comparison with Enyeama and the three others.

“The best African goalkeeper of all time? I feel that in Africa, we’re fortunate to have had lots of goalkeepers marking their interval,” Mendy mentioned in an interview with Carré, a Cameroon Journal.

“Goalkeepers love Thomas N’Kono, in fact. However not too long ago, we had Tony Sylva who’s a real legend of Senegalese soccer.

“We had Carlos Kameni. We additionally had Vincent Enyeama.

“In a number of nations, we have been fortunate to have lots of good goalkeepers. It’s, subsequently, very tough to call only one.”

Enyeama began his profession at Enyimba Worldwide and helped the Aba-based aspect to a few consecutive league titles between 2001 and 2003.

Enyeama guided Enyimba to back-to-back CAF Champions League honours in 2003 and 2004.

Enyeama spent seven years in Israel, the place he was thought to be one of the best goalkeeper of that period.

The previous Bnei Yehuda ace received two league honours and was named the 2009 Footballer of the Yr in Israel forward of a number of star strikers and midfielders.

Enyeama joined Lille in 2011 and was on the payroll of the French membership for seven years, throughout which he received the Prix Marc-Vivien Foé for one of the best African participant in Ligue 1 in 2014.

Enyeama has additionally loved a profitable spell with the nationwide group. The Kaduna-born goalie made his Tremendous Eagles debut in 2002. He turned the group’s first-choice primary gloves after the retirement of Ike Shorunmu.

Enyeama helped the Nigerian nationwide group to third-place finishes in 2004, 2006, and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

He guided the Tremendous Eagles to the 2013 AFCON victory in South Africa.