John Orlando

{{short description|Ghanaian-born Nigerian footballer}}

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| fullname = John Orlando

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ghana

| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

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| clubs1 = Water Corporation of Ilorin

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| clubs2 = Shooting Stars F.C.

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| position = Defender

| nationalyears1 = 1980

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-23

| nationalcaps1 =3

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| nationalyears2 =1980–1982

| nationalteam2 = Nigeria

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| medaltemplates ={{Medal|Competition|African Cup of Nations}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1980 African Cup of Nations | }}

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John Orlando (born 15 October 1960) is a Nigerian former footballer who played for the Nigeria national football team as a defender.{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/sports/35-years-after-where-are-1980-nations-cup-heroes/ |title=35 years after, where are 1980 Nations Cup heroes? |work=The Punch |first=Tana | last=Aiyejina |date=22 March 2015 |accessdate=25 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134047/http://www.punchng.com/sports/35-years-after-where-are-1980-nations-cup-heroes/ |archivedate=24 September 2015 }} He won the 1980 African Cup of Nations tournament while representing Nigeria and also represented Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Russia.{{cite news | url=http://www.sportingtribuneonline.com/index.php/component/k2/item/763-nigerian-mulatto-defenders-and-world-cup-nightmares | title=Nigerian mulatto defenders and World Cup nightmares | work=Sports Tribune | author=Dipo Ogunsola | date=28 March 2014 | accessdate=30 August 2015}}