I Was Supposed To Take Over From Okocha, Kanu At Super Eagles Kcee

Nigerian singer, Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has revealed that he was a professional football player but turned to his second love, music, after failing to secure sponsorship for his soccer career.

In a conversation with podcaster, Temisan Emmanuel, the Limpopo hitmaker shared that played for Nigerian league side, Julius Berger FC, and Puma FC in the 90s.

He claimed that his football career took him to South Africa and he was among the next generation footballers who were supposed to take over from the Olympic gold Super Eagles team which included of Austin Jay Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu.

He explained that he switched to music after his football career suffered setbacks due to a lack of sponsorship.

Kcee said, The first time I travelled out of this country was football. I was playing for Julius Berger. I played for Puma. The first time I went to South Africa was soccer. That was before music.