fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
sylvanus okpala 1983 1989 -- 1991 -- 1984 1984 -- 1986 1986 -- 1989 união marítimo união nacional 39 3 anambra state , nigeria nigeria 1.76 midfielder 45 1979 -- 1988 05 september 1961 sylvanus okpala
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sylvanus okpala

sylvanus okpala -lrb- born 5 september 1961 -rrb- is a retired nigerian football midfielder .
okpala played club football for enugu rangers , c.s. marítimo and c.d. nacional in the portuguese liga .
okpala played for the nigeria national football team at the 1980 and 1988 summer olympics .
he also played for the squad that won the 1980 african cup of nations .
on 8 november 2011 , sylvanus has become assistant manager of nigeria national team .
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