The former number one had been sick for some time. It was among the posts when the Super Eagles won the Africa Cup in 1994
Nigeria cries one of its great ones. Peter Rufai, goalkeeper of the Super Eagles at the 1994 and 1998 World Cup, died at 61 in Lagos after a long illness. This was announced by the Nigerian football federation. Commonly known as Dodomayana, Rufai has collected 65 appearances with Nigeria and participated in two final stages of the World Cup. He was also part of the team that won the Africa Cup in Tunisia in 1994, beating Zambia 2-1.
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“We cry the disappearance of the legendary goalkeeper of the Super Eagles, Peter Rufai, a Nigerian football giant and the 1994 African Cup champion – said the Nigerian football federation in a post on the social platform X – your legacy lives between the posts and beyond”.
Rufai played for several Nigerian clubs before moving abroad, Benin, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.