In the 3rd SNL, two goals from the son of a Nigerian who finished third in the 1985 World Cup: Samid Akanni helped Podvinci to a convincing victory
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Samid Akanni is a 20-year-old footballer from the United States of America, who exchanged his hometown of Staten Island in New York for Slovenia, or rather… Podvinci! The young man with roots from Nigeria is proving himself this season in the 3rd SNL East, where he scored his first two goals on Saturday. Podvinci convincingly defeated Šampion at home with a score of 7:0, and Samid Akanni found the net in the 40th and 63rd minutes.
Interestingly, Samid Akanni is the son of the former quite successful Nigerian footballer Waidi Akanni, who can boast of participating in the almost historic success of the African country in 1985. The elder Akanni participated with Nigeria in the FIFA World Youth Championship, where the Super Eagles reached the semifinals. There, Brazil proved to be too strong an opponent, but the Nigerians then triumphed in the match for third place, defeating the host, the Soviet Union.
Waidi Akanni later played for the senior national team of Nigeria, including a match against Cameroon in the qualifiers for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Despite being considered a very promising player with a potential career in Europe, Waidi Akanni moved to the United States of America in 1988, where he both studied and played football. It was in the USA where his son Samid Akanni was born, who impressed in high school soccer in his younger years before playing for the soccer team at St. Francis University in Brooklyn.
Samid Akanni then made an interesting decision and moved to Slovenia, where he has been earning his living since last summer in the land of sunny Alps.
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