A former defender of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Mike Onyemachara has been reportedly dead.
He was said to have died mysteriously at his apartment in Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Thursday, April 4.
The late Onyemachara was also a member of the Nigeria U20-team at the 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Saudi Arabia where the won a silver medal.
He was reportedly healthy when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served him on the table was not touched and he was stone dead.
However, some of his team mates who were very close to him, said in recent times, he had been complaining of back pains.
The late Onyemachara was a highly skillful defender, who played most of his club football with First Bank of Lagos and was an influential member of the Saudi Arabia 89, Flying Eagles.
The defender was also in the squad that denied the USA a place in the final of the 1989 cadet World Cup, but the Flying Eagles went on to lose 2-0 to Portugal.
He also played in the match against the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). That match was regarded as the ‘Damman Miracle’. The Flying Eagles were down 4-0 and came back to equalise and won the match.