John Orlando (born 15 October 1960) is a
Nigerian former
footballer who played for the
Nigeria national football team as a
defender. He won the
1980 African Cup of Nations
The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won ...
tournament while representing
Nigeria and also represented Nigeria at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Russia.
Honours
International
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Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
–
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Shooting Stars S.C. players
1980 African Cup of Nations players
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Nigerian men's footballers
Olympic footballers for Nigeria
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's association football defenders
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