{"id":6699,"date":"2024-08-17T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/08\/17\/jay-jay-okocha-inspires-provazios-solanke-as-14-year-old-ace-wants-to-help-nigeria-regain-lost-glory\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:31:25","slug":"jay-jay-okocha-inspires-provazios-solanke-as-14-year-old-ace-wants-to-help-nigeria-regain-lost-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/08\/17\/jay-jay-okocha-inspires-provazios-solanke-as-14-year-old-ace-wants-to-help-nigeria-regain-lost-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Jay Okocha Inspires Provazios&#8217; Solanke, As 14-Year-Old Ace Wants To Help Nigeria Regain Lost Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-640x853.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-315x420.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM-681x908.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-17-at-3.22.16-PM.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Patrick Adeoluwanimi Akhidenor-Solanke\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A 14-year-old fast rising attacker at <a href=\"https:\/\/academy.provaziossports.com\/\">Provazios Sports Academy<\/a> of Lagos, Patrick Adeoluwanimi Akhidenor-Solanke wants to emulate the efforts of former Super Eagles\u2019 captain, Austin \u2018Jay Jay\u2019 Okocha.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/provazios-academy-rising-star-aina-timilehin-dreams-of-getting-success-tips-directly-from-lionel-messi\/\"> Provazios Academy Rising Star Aina Timilehin Dreams Of Getting Success Tips Directly From Lionel Messi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though Patrick Solanke is an attacker and Okocha was a midfielder, the youngster disclosed that the passion he saw in \u2018Jay Jay\u2019 motivated him to think big for Nigerian football.<\/p>\n<p>He added in a chat with sports247.ng that his love for the round leather game developed from an early age, and he wants to use it in helping Nigeria reclaim its place of pride in global football.<\/p>\n<p>Solanke revealed, \u201cSince I was little, football has always been my passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryday, I love watching greats of football display their talents and play their best. Watching them inspires me to be like them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to play professional football, and I am working hard towards achieving my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then spoke about a myriad of players whose successes motivate him, but quickly interjected that he prefers to pick Okocha top of the lot, since he is a fellow Nigerian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of players in the world that I like to look at and follow their style. Those who stand out for me are Neymar, Ronaldo and Messi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as a Nigerian, and as someone who wants to take football to the next level for this country, I look up to Jay Jay Okocha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I devote so much attention to training. For me, training everyday is what I like doing most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do take time out to rest everyday, but I always put in constant work in training, and I practise hard in order to achieve my goals,\u201d Solanke stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"\/> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Post Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">75<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/jay-jay-okocha-inspires-provazios-solanke-as-14-year-old-ace-wants-to-help-nigeria-regain-lost-glory\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 14-year-old fast rising attacker at Provazios Sports Academy of Lagos, Patrick Adeoluwanimi Akhidenor-Solanke wants to emulate the efforts of former Super Eagles\u2019 captain, Austin \u2018Jay Jay\u2019 Okocha. Read Also: Provazios Academy Rising Star Aina Timilehin Dreams Of Getting Success Tips Directly From Lionel Messi Though Patrick Solanke is an attacker and Okocha was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6701,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions\/6701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}