Ejikeme Ikwunze , popularly called Mr Football, is an international figure in Nigeria's sporting community. He is a sports columnist and contributes articles to several international sports magazines as well as

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Newspapers including the ''National Ambassador'', ''Vanguard'', ''ThisDay'' and the ''Daily Champion''. He also features as a sports commentator on several stations such as '' Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria'', the ''BCA Radio'', ''Abia Television'' and ''Pacesetter Radio''. Ikwunze is a football

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and

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. He has authored several books on the subject, including ''Olympic Football Tournaments'', ''World Cup 1930-2010 - A Statistical Summary'' and ''World Cup Biographies''. Some of his works have been recognised by FIFA and can be found in FIFA's Libraries. FIFA President

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has often acknowledged Ejikeme Ikwunze's works as being a valuable contribution to football history. Ikwunze has had a career in public service first as a teacher in a public school and later as a sports administrator. He headed the Abia State Sports Council as Director of Sports for nearly a decade, a position which enabled him reposition and develop several games. He was a member of the 9-man Presidential Committee on reform of Nigeria Football set up by former President

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. Ikwunze is an authority on sports issues and is often a reference point for news reporters wishing to make a good headline story. He is a former Special Adviser to the Governor of

Abia State Abia State ( ig, Ȯha Abia) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to ...

on Sports, and finds time by the side to work as a consultant to many sports bodies in Nigeria.

Bibliography

* ''Olympic Football Tournaments'' * ''World Cup 1930–2010: A Statistical Summary'' * ''World Cup Biographies''.

References

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