Christopher Kanu
Christopher Ogbonna Kanu (born
4 December 1979) is a retired Nigerian football defender.
Career
His current career goal tally stands at 10 goals in 317 league games for
8 different clubs. An 11th strike, which was not scored in a league game,
proved to be a match winner for his old club Sparta Rotterdam in an early UEFA Cup knockout round against Hamburger SV in 2002. The other 9 have all been notched for Nigerian club Eagle Cement in the league, and the tenth goal came on his league
debut for Owerri Stampede
Nigeria FC.
Personal Life
He is the younger brother
of Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu.
In addition he is the stepbrother of Oghab midfielder
Anderson "Anders" Gabolalmo Kanu and Henry Isaac. He
is married to fashion entrepreneur, Laura Ikeji. They have one child together,
a son named Ryan Ogbonna Kanu, who was born on July 19th, 2017, in Texas, USA.
International
Career
In 2000 Christopher made his
international debut for Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier
against Eritrea.
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