Christian Chukwu Okoro (born 4 January 1951[1]) is a Nigerian former football player and coach.
The Park has the reputation of producing most of the great players who have played for Rangers, Vasco and the Green Eagles.
He was the first Nigerian captain to lift the African Nations Cup trophy after a 3–0 victory over Algeria in the final of the 1980 tournament.
During the 2006 World Cup qualification phase, Chukwu was blamed for inept coaching and management of the Nigerian national football team, and two matches before the qualifying campaign was over, he was suspended.
[6] In two matches – home and away – against eventual group winners Angola, Nigeria failed to win either one of those two encounters.
[10] In April 2019 the Nigeria Football Federation announced that they would help Chukwu pay for his medical bills for treatment in the United States,[11] while billionaire Femi Otedola said he would also contribute.
[13] Chukwu was called a destitute old man abandoned to his fate however, Hon Ogbuagu Anikwe highlighted the facts about his illness stating that he has a public service job that enables him to meet his health needs.