A former goalkeeper of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Peter Rufai has died at the age of 61. According to reports, Rufai passed away on Thursday following a prolonged illness.
Rufai was born on August 24, 1963, and made his debut for the then Green Eagles (now Super Eagles) in a friendly match in 1981 and was part of the team that won silver in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 1984 and 1988.
He was fondly known as “Dodo Mayana” and was part of the Super Eagles team that clinched the AFCON title in 1994, and he also prominently represented Nigeria in the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup competitions.
He was widely recognized as one of Nigeria’s best goalkeepers, and during his two-decade career, he played for Farense and Gil Vicente in Portugal, Deportivo La Coruna and Hercules in Spain, the Go Ahead Eagles in the Netherlands, and Lokeren and Beveren in Belgium.
