Onigbinde Praises ‘Thunder Balogun’s Wife As Family Marks 25th Anniversary

The previous Chief of the Nigeria senior nationwide soccer staff, the Tremendous Eagles, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has praised the late spouse of Nigeria’s most celebrated soccer participant within the historical past of soccer within the nation, Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun, Alhaja Mulikat Balogun, because the household will get collectively of their dwelling in Lagos, to mark her twenty fifth yr anniversary at this time Could twenty fifth 2023.

Onigbinde, stated in Ibadan that it was the late Alhaja Mulikat that motivated her late husband, to grow to be Nigeria’s biggest soccer participant and certainly a hero determine that he grew to become nationwide.

Onigbinde, who was Nigeria’s first soccer coach to deal with a Nigerian senior nationwide soccer staff to the FIFA World Cup finals at Japan/ Korea 2002.

The previous Taking pictures Stars Sports activities of Ibadan Chief coach, added that, in among the matches he watched ‘Thunder’ Balogun performed in his energetic worldwide days, his spouse Mulikat, infact took it as a ritual to encourage her husband to attain profitable objectives in essential matches, earlier than the kick off of such video games.

This enabled ‘Thunder’ Balogun unfold his identify nationally and even to the diaspora.

Thurder put additional efforts that distinguished him in all of the video games he performed earlier than his retirement from energetic soccer.

Onigbinde, stated, its on report that, it was Madam Mulikat who ensured he returned to Nigeria to proceed his soccer profession when he first rejected the plea of then Premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, on recall to assist the West Rovers Fc win the Problem Cup, the largest soccer competitors within the nation on the time.

The previous FIFA and CAF Teacher dislosed that, this was a interval ‘Thunder’ Balogun was
halfway into his profession within the English Soccer League, taking part in for Queens Park Rangers Soccer Membership in 1958.

On his return, ‘Thunder’ helped West Rovers received the title in 1958 for the primary time in historical past. His soccer excellence and artistry made the victory attainable.

Chief Adegboye Onigbinde careworn that, trying into the longer term, Alhaja Mulikat was the one who suggested her husband on to type quite a few youth golf equipment in Lagos for the event of soccer in Nigeria, this shaped the background of the inspiration of recent soccer groups in Nigeria.

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