President Buhari Pictured With 1985 U-16 Squad

Thirty years ago, on August 11, 1985, Nigeria won the U-16 FIFA World Championship hosted in China. The current Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, governed the nation as a military head of state at that time.
However, in the early hours of this morning, Nigeria yet again lifted the trophy under the leadership of the same person.
President Buhari is now the only head of state to ‘win’ the tournament twice as the leader of Nigeria. Below is the historic picture that was taken when he hosted the team on arrival from China.

General Buhari with the World Championship winning team in August 1985

The victorious U-16 World Championship winning squad

The 2013 U-17 World Cup winning squad

The 2015 U-17 World Cup winning squad

Nigeria became only the second side to retain the FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Mali in Vina Del Mar, with Victor Osimhen scoring his record-breaking tenth goal of Chile 2015.