Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blessing Okardi

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Footballer without a club, and without indication of actually playing at a fully professional level. Punkmorten (talk) 08:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

:*This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 09:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

• Keep I've added a small amount of referenced material. He captained his previous team, who play in the top division according to [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nig08.html RSSSF], when they won the national cup in the season just gone. A [http://nigeriasports.com/2782 ref from 2005] indicates that the top level in Nigeria (and the one below it) is professional. Oldelpaso (talk) 10:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. Plays in the professional [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7036464.stm] Nigerian league, captaining his team that won the Nigerian FA cup. Julius Sahara (talk) 14:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. If he plays in professional league in his country, then he is notable. Nfitz (talk) 00:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per above research which shows he meets WP:ATHLETE. GiantSnowman 10:25, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep assuming the new information is correct. GauchoDude (talk) 05:21, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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