Ex-Golden Eaglets star reveals how injury ended his football career

Ex-Golden Eaglets star Sani Emmanuel has disclosed why he opted to quit active football at a time when he should be playing.

Sani Emmanuel alongside the likes Kenneth Omeruo, Ramon Azeez and Ogenyi Onazi were among the youngsters, who represented Nigeria at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup on home soil.

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Nigeria reached the final of the championship before losing 1-0 against Switzerland, and Sani Emmanuel was among the players who helped Nigeria that year.

Four years down the road, the 26-year-old Sani Emmanuel, who netted five times for the Golden Eaglets during the tournament has bowed out of the round leather game.

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“I had problems with my feet, even during the tournament in 2009. If you remember, I often played in the second half because the pain was unbearable.

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“After the World Cup, I could not play at all because I had pulled too much on the hamstring playing with pain. Then I had to stop my career. Even today, it still hurts on the front of the foot.

“I tried to contact a lot of Nigerian international players, but I never got an answer and it was very difficult,” the former Beitar Jerusalem was quoted as saying to Leero Sports News.