Samuel Okwaraji
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| Samuel Okwaraji | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji | |
| Date of birth | 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Orlu, Nigeria | |
| Date of death | August 12, 1989 | |
| Place of death | Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| Dinamo Zagreb VfB Stuttgart SSV Ulm |
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| National team | ||
| Nigeria | - (-) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji (1964 - August 12, 1989) was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria. Born in Umudioka in Orlu LGA IMO STATE, Okwaraji had a career in Europe which included playing for Dinamo Zagreb, VfB Stuttgart and SSV Ulm. In his short stay with Dinamo Zagreb Samuel scored 3 goals in a friendly game vs NK Budućnost Hodošan. The game was played on 30.04.1986. and Dinamo Zagreb won 12:0.
Okwaraji collapsed ten minutes from the end of a World Cup Qualifier against Angola in Lagos and died from congestive heart failure. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure. The sudden death was similar to that of Marc-Vivien Foé 14 years later.
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