Boniface Okafor (born January 15, 1966) is a Nigerian former footballer. Okafor attended the

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where he played soccer from 1988 to 1990. He was a 1990 NAIA Second Team All American. In 2007, Okafor was inducted into the Argonauts Hall of Fame. In 1990, he played for the

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. In 1992, he signed with the

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of the

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. He played a handful of games before being waived on July 5, 1992. He then played for several teams, including

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in Malaysia, Standard FC in Nigeria and Klagenfurt in Austria. He eventually settled with

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in the Second Bundesliga. On March 4, 1996, the

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selected Okafor in the third round (twenty-fourth) overall of the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft. The Mutiny waived him in April.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Okafor, Boniface 1966 births Living people American Professional Soccer League players Hannover 96 players Miami Freedom players Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Penang F.C. players Tampa Bay Mutiny draft picks West Florida Argonauts men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia London Lasers players 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen