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Brazilian Icon Snubs Messi, Adds Super Eagles Legend to List of Greatest Players Who Wore No.10 Jersey

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 3:59 PM by Kelly Lippke Thando Mpembe

Austin Okocha is among Ronaldinho's favourite players to wear the No. 10 shirt during his playing career for club and country
The former Brazilian midfielder who played alongside Jay Jay at Paris Saint-Germain admitted he learnt some skills from the Nigerian legend
Okocha won bronze for Nigeria at the Atlanta 96' Olympics Games and captained Nigeria to two World Cup tournaments

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Austin Okocha's exceptional dribbling talent has been admired by players and fans all over the world and one of his biggest supporters is the legendary Ronaldinho, says Soccernet.

The pair were once teammates during their playing careers are Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain before Okocha left to play for Bolton Wanderers after the 2002 World Cup.

And the 2002 World Player of the Year once commented on his social media handle in 2017 that Okocha and Colombian legend Carlos Valderrama were two of his biggest No.10s.

Okocha's notable display for the national team

Jay Jay was first noticed at the 1994 AFCON tournament will beautiful displays against Cote d'Ivoire in the semi-final and with Zambia in the final.

During the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Okocha became the toast of the fans following his brilliant individual performance during the 2-1 against Italy.

He was among the Dream Team squad that won Africa's first gold medal at the Atalanta 96' Olympic games.

The ex-Frankfurt midfielder also starred at the France 98' World Cup helping Nigeria record a famous win over Spain at the group stage and entertaining the fans in the 4-1 loss to Denmark in the last 16.