Nwankwo Kanu, Okocha Among 35 Fifa Legends Invited To Attend 2018 World Cup Draw
Published: November 30, 2017
Former Nigeria World Cup stars Nwankwo Kanu and Austin Okocha are amongst 35 Fifa Legends that have been invited to attend the 2018 World Cup draw in Moscow.
According to the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU), the FIFA legends, including the winners of the FIFA World Cups of past years, are expected to attend the Final Draw of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which will take place on Friday at the Moscow State Kremlin Palace, starting from 1800 hours local time.
Pele, Emilio Butragueño, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel and Lothar Matthaus have also been invited by Fifa to attend the draw.
Ex-Bolton Wanderers midfielder Austin Okocha represented Nigeria at three consecutive World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002, playing nine games in total.
Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu also appeared in multiple World Cups for the Super Eagles : 1998, 2002 and 2010.
Full list of FIFA Legends That Will Attend The Draw
AL JABER Sami
ALENICHEV Dmitry
BERTHOLD Thomas
BROLIN Tomas
BUTRAGUENO Emilio
CAMPOS Jorge
CHA Bum Kun
DAEI Ali
DASAEV Rinat
DELY VALDES Julio
DESAILLY Marcel
DIACRE Corinne
DROGBA Didier
ETOO Samuel
GOYCOCHEA Sergio
HASSAN Hossam
HIGUITA Andres
KANU Nwankwo
KERZHAKOV Aleksandr
LeBLANC Karina
MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi
MIURA Kazu
MONTERO Paolo
OKOCHA Jay Jay
PARK Ji Sung
PELE
RONALDINHO
RONALDO
SANCHEZ Hugo
SASIC Celia
SCOTT Alex
SEAMAN David
SMERTIN Alexei
WANCHOPE Paulo
SEEDORF Clarence
SCHMEICHEL Peter
MATTHAEUS Lothar
SENNIKOV Dmitri
Igho Kingsley
According to the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU), the FIFA legends, including the winners of the FIFA World Cups of past years, are expected to attend the Final Draw of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which will take place on Friday at the Moscow State Kremlin Palace, starting from 1800 hours local time.
Pele, Emilio Butragueño, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel and Lothar Matthaus have also been invited by Fifa to attend the draw.
Ex-Bolton Wanderers midfielder Austin Okocha represented Nigeria at three consecutive World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002, playing nine games in total.
Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu also appeared in multiple World Cups for the Super Eagles : 1998, 2002 and 2010.
Full list of FIFA Legends That Will Attend The Draw
AL JABER Sami
ALENICHEV Dmitry
BERTHOLD Thomas
BROLIN Tomas
BUTRAGUENO Emilio
CAMPOS Jorge
CHA Bum Kun
DAEI Ali
DASAEV Rinat
DELY VALDES Julio
DESAILLY Marcel
DIACRE Corinne
DROGBA Didier
ETOO Samuel
GOYCOCHEA Sergio
HASSAN Hossam
HIGUITA Andres
KANU Nwankwo
KERZHAKOV Aleksandr
LeBLANC Karina
MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi
MIURA Kazu
MONTERO Paolo
OKOCHA Jay Jay
PARK Ji Sung
PELE
RONALDINHO
RONALDO
SANCHEZ Hugo
SASIC Celia
SCOTT Alex
SEAMAN David
SMERTIN Alexei
WANCHOPE Paulo
SEEDORF Clarence
SCHMEICHEL Peter
MATTHAEUS Lothar
SENNIKOV Dmitri
Igho Kingsley
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