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Former Super Eagle Keeper Named Greatest Goalkeeper in Africa

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In a new release made available by the international organization; IFFHS the institute released the list of greatest goalkeepers in each federations with former Super Eagles Goalkeeper; Vincent Enyeama selected from CAF (Africa)

The aall-timegoalkeeper ranking was decided from 1987 to 2022

Italy’s 2006 World Cup winner Gianluigi Buffon was named the greatest goalkeeper from Europe and of all time

Jose Luis Chilavert was picked as South America’s greatest, Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia was selected for Asia, former Real Madrid and Costa Rica shot stopper Keylor Navas got the nod in CONCACAF while former Manchester United goalie was picked for Oceania.

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Enyeama represented Nigeria at three FIFA World Cups in Korea/Japan 2002, South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.

He featured in all the Super Eagles’ matches as they became African champions at the 2013 AFCON in South Africa.

Also, he helped Enyeama to back-to-back CAF Champions League titles one 2003 and 2004.

The IFFHS is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football.

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