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Rabiu Afolabi

ラビウ・アフォラビ　/　らびう・あふぉらび

Association football player from Nigeria

April 18, 1980 (age 46)　・　Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Osun State
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Rabiu Afolabi commands my respect as one of football's unglamorous essentials. Born in Osogbo, Nigeria, the 184 cm centre-back spent his career anchoring the most unforgiving line on the pitch, where one lapse undoes everything. That he later moved into coaching tells me football was never a job to him but a calling. I am always drawn to defenders over strikers, the players who shield rather than shine, and Afolabi clearly belonged to that selfless tribe. Making it from Nigeria onto bigger stages took grit, and his Aries fire suits a man whose whole role was refusing to be beaten.

Overview

Rabiu Afolabi (born 18 April 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Rabiu Afolabi
Name (Japanese): ラビウ・アフォラビ
Reading: らびう・あふぉらび
Born: April 18, 1980 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Monkey
Origin: Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Blood type: Private
Height: 184 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93

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