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ODSFA congratulates Abe Sunday on retirement from football

Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA) has approved the appointment of former Sunshine Stars Captains, Abe Sunday and Kayode Idowu as Match Readers of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) club.Executive Chairman of the Agency, Bamidele Ologunloluwa stated this while congratulating the longest serving Sunshine Stars Captain on his retirement from the round leather game.Ologunloluwa said Abe Sunday's number 10 jersey will be reserved for at least a season as a mark of honour for his service to the team.The former Ondo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development said Abe Sunday said the ex-international's wealth of experience is still needed in the club.Abe Sunday who represented Nigeria the U-17 AFCON and World Cup qualifiers as well as the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt before graduating to the national U-23 team and home-based Super Eagles in 2010, had announced his retirement from football at a news conference in Akure, the state capital.Sunday was the skipper of Sunshine Stars till the 2023/2024 season in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).He had also played for Teuta Durres FC of Albania in the 2017/2018 season.According to Ologunloluwa, "Abe Sunday is our pride in Ondo State and in Nigeria at large. "His experience is well needed in the team and that is why we appointed him and his colleague as match readers."As board members of Ondo State Football Agency, we congratulate our longest serving captain as he hangs his boots."In the same vein, former Sunshine Stars captain Kayode Idowu, an ex-international won his cap for the Super Eagles against Madagascar in 2001.Femi AtolagbeSunshine Stars Media Manager