The Union of European Football Associations, FIFA and the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday celebrated ex-Super Eagles player, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha on his 46th birthday.
Via their various verified Twitter handles, the football organisations showered encomiums on Okocha.
UEFA tweeted, “Happy Birthday, Jay-Jay #Okocha!” while sharing different photos of the striker in active service.
FIFA wrote, “So good they named him twice 👏👏 Happy birthday to a @NGSuperEagles icon and @Olympics gold medallist: @IAmOkocha.”
While the NFF celebrated the soccer star saying, “Happy birthday to former @NGSuperEagles captain, the legendary Austin ‘So Good they named him twice’ Okocha. Have a good one JJ!”
See tweets:
🎂 Happy Birthday, Jay-Jay #Okocha! 🎁🎉🍀🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/Zq4kDJ3KgP
— UEFA.com DE (@UEFAcom_de) August 14, 2019
So good they named him twice 👏👏
Happy birthday to a @NGSuperEagles icon and @Olympics gold medallist: @IAmOkocha 🇳🇬🥇🎂 pic.twitter.com/6JJaNz7ICK
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) August 14, 2019
Happy birthday to former @NGSuperEagles captain, the legendary Austin 'So Good they named him twice' Okocha. Have a good one JJ! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🍾🍾🍾🍾 pic.twitter.com/4H4EcGkfS5
— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) August 14, 2019