Ten Facts You Didn't Know About Vincent Enyeama.

1. He started playing football professionally at the age of seventeen for the then (Akwa Ibom stars).

2. He was born in Kaduna, but his parents hail from Akwa Ibom state.

3. He is the most capped player for the Nigerian Super Eagles,with 101 caps, one more than Joseph Yobo, after 13years of international football.

4. He had his debut for Nigeria in an international friendly against Kenya with Nigeria winning by three goals to nil on the 4th of May, 2002 with the goals from Pascal Ojigwe, Femi Opabunmi and Wilson Oruma.

5. He is the first Nigeria goalkeeper to stand in between the post for Lille OSC of France.

6. He is the first African Goalkeeper to win back to back player of the month in the French league (October and November 2014) player of the year in the Isreali League (2009)

7. He's the only Nigerian goal keeper to have made it to three world cup tournaments.

8. He lead Enyimba to the CAF Champions League twice, winning it back to back (2003, 2004) before leaving to Iwuanyanwu Nationale (now known as Heartland F.C.).

9. He's the only Nigerian to have won the Israeli Premier League for two different teams in Israel ( Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2009/10, Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2012/13)

10. Enyeama, upon his retirement is the first choice goal keeper of Nigeria and Lille OSC of France and will be remembered for his heroics against Argentina in the 2010 world cup in South Africa stopping the then World best Lionel Messi from scoring on several occasions, which resulted to a huge praise from the Coach of Argentina Diego Maradona.

Enjoy the video of Enyeama best saves against Argentina.