Football Icon JayJay Okocha Makes Funny Remark After Daughter Weds In Spain
Nigerian football legend Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha shared a heartwarming father-daughter dance with his daughter, Daniella, at her white wedding in Marbella, Spain.
Video showed the football icon sharing a beautiful, playful father-daughter dance with his daughter, Daniella, during her white wedding on Saturday, August 29.
In a video shared by one of the guests and reposted by his daughter, Okocha jokingly said: “I’m free!”
He made the remark just before the father-daughter dance.
Another guest said the football legend admitted that he did so because he didn’t want to cry.
The 27-year-old law graduate and her husband, Leonard Okorocha, legally and traditionally tied the knot in Lagos, Nigeria, in January this year.
Augustine Azuka “Jay-Jay” Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He had 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads.
He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all time and one of the most influential dribblers in world football history.
He played across multiple leagues, starting his career at Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Professional Football League before moving to Borussia Neunkirchen in the Oberliga Südwest, Germany’s third division, in July 1990.
He played in the Bundesliga, Süper Lig, Ligue 1, Premier League, EFL Championship, and Qatar Stars League before his retirement in 2008.
