Former Nigeria national football team midfielder Henry Nwosu has d!ed at the age of 62.
News of his passing was confirmed on Saturday morning by his former teammate, Segun Odegbami, a member of Nigeria’s victorious squad at the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations. Odegbami shared the announcement through his media platforms.
“Henry Nwosu passes on!
“After five days in hospital battling for his life, the one I call ‘Youngest Millionaire’ passed on at 4:00 am this morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where he had been in intensive care since Wednesday.
“It is with deep pain in my heart that I have to be the conveyor of the news of the death of Henry Nwosu MON. May he rest peacefully with our Creator in Heaven.”
Nwosu, who hailed from Imo State, gained national recognition as the youngest player in Nigeria’s squad that lifted the country’s first-ever AFCON title in 1980. The then Green Eagles defeated their opponents on home soil to secure the historic continental victory.
Widely admired for his creativity, vision, and technical skill in midfield, Nwosu later became a notable figure in Nigerian club football.
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