Amokachi gears up for second Nigeria debut

Daniel Amokachi celebrates after scoring a goal for Nigeria in USA 94 World Cup 

Former Super Eagles striker Daniel Amokachi has set his sights on representing Nigeria at the forthcoming Stars Sixes tournament in July.

The player popularly referred to as "The Bull" represented Nigeria 44 times in a nine-year Super Eagles career - earning his debut in 1990, appearing at two FIFA world cup finals.

Stars Sixes is a six-a-side tournament for retired internationals set to take place at the 02 Arena from 13 to 16 July. Nigeria has been drawn into Group B alongside Brazil, Italy and China.

It will be an opportunity for the Nigerian team to rekindle past battles against the Italian and Brazilian legends, some of who they traded tackles against at the 1994 FIFA world cup and Atalanta 1996 Olympics football event.

The former Everton forward in a chat with evertonfc.com, revealed his excitement at representing Nigeria once again and playing against former teammates.


"I can't wait to get started," Amokachi revealed to evertonfc.com. "It's a great platform to play with and against ex-teammates and some legends of the game that played in the same generation.

"Jay-Jay Okocha first approached me about it. We have known each other for a long time, even before him I was very close friends with his older brother. We're more like family than friends.

"It will be a great event and hopefully I will get to see plenty of Evertonians there. I always try to keep up my fitness, so I am ready to play. Let's see what happens!"

The Nigerian team will feature the likes of Celestine Babayaro, Julius Aghahowa, and Jay-Jay Okocha, who will be captain at the inaugural tournament.

Other global icons expected to feature at the tournament include Steven Gerrard, Michael Ballack, Carles Puyol and Robert Pires.

Kwese Sport