Nigeria is home to some of the greatest footballers in the world, such as Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Sunday Oliseh, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami and Finidi George. Despite this, there is a lack of progression from the grassroots level to the senior team. This is changing, as some of the current crop of players have played together at the U-17 level, leading to the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, where Kelechi Nwakali was awarded the golden ball and Victor Osimhen scored 10 goals. Iheanacho and Awoniyi recreated a celebration from nine years ago for the Golden Eaglets after giving Nigeria the lead against Egypt at the AFCON tournament. MTN Nigeria has made investments in Nigerian football, including a three-day coaching clinic for 128 young players and 30 coaches, a partnership with LaLiga, and a three-year multi-million naira partnership deal with the Nigerian Football Federation.
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