The Nigerian Football Federation announces the death of the former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, this Thursday morning, at the age of 61. He won the CAN in 1994 and reached the round of 16 of the World Cup.
The Super Eagles lose a legend. Peter Rufai, former goalkeeper in Nigeria, died at 61 from a disease announces the Nigerian Football Federation. He died Thursday morning in a Lagos hospital. Amportant goalkeeper, he honored 61 selections for 17 years. He was part of the golden generation of Super Eagles in the 1990s. Alongside other legends like Okocha, Amunike or Yekini (also died in 2012), he took his country to the summits, especially during the triumph of Nigeria to the African Cup of Nations 1994 in Tunisia. It was also with Peter Rufai in goals that Nigeria reached the 1994 World Cups finals in the United States and 1998 in France.
A great career in Europe
In Club Ca Career started in Lagos, at Stationery Stores FC. She then led him to Benin (AS Dragons), Belgium (Lokeren, Beveren), the Netherlands (Go Ahead Eagles) in Portugal (Farense, Gil Vicente) and Spain (Hercules, Deportivo la Corogne). After the end of his career, Rufai supervised young people and was one of the members of the Nigerian U23 staff.
