How Jay-Jay Okocha Changed Football Forever

Most footballers are remembered due to the records they broke and the trophies they won, but what about Jay-Jay Okocha, he didn't win a single league title in his career, but he is still celebrated to this day. Why is that? Well, he was good, so good in fact, they named him twice.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Lucky Break
01:53 Super Eagles
03:00 Turkey & France
04:46 Bolton Wanderers
07:32 Outro
#okocha #premierleague #psg

[@mamallansubramaniam8220]

Thanks to jay jay I was able to buy a car 24th March 2003. I had backed Bolton to beat Tottenham 1-0 and jay jay to score and he duly scored.

[@Yoruba-Kingdoms]

People buy games tickets to be entertained. Okocha was a supreme entertainer on the pitch. His dribbles, nut-megs, stepovers leave fans wanting more.

[@kayvaldo]

Great video man. I was telling someone exactly this last week. While they tell us trophies and awards are the most important, Jay-Jay is still remembered today while some world cup winners have long been forgotten. It's HOW he played that's embedded him in the memories of football fans.

[@ball_culture]

Exactly

[@Noni383]

​@@ball_culture Hey man, I really love your videos, I would love to make some business enquiries. Please how do I reach out to you??

[@markukpokolo3278]

Love your videos too

[@kayvaldo]

thanks 👍 @@markukpokolo3278

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellently put.

[@PhootballEdits]

Over here in Nigeria, kids born after his retirement still talk about him

[@devindersingh2468]

I'm among those lucky ones who got to see him play, and I fell in love with him and Bolton during that time. They were a team every EPL behemoth hated to face

[@Neddie2k]

With Jay Jay, Bolton remained high on the top part of the league table. The man was a phenomenal.

[@ahmaddeeni]

Love jay jay. Reminds me of a time the game wasn’t so obsessed over spreadsheets and stats. Just an expressive artist, much better than the robots of today.

[@akubuirocharles3390]

Exactly. People came to be entertained..

[@NotoriousBINGO]

I still maintain that he is the best African player ive seen play the game, better than Etoo, better than Drogba even better than Salah. Amazing talent that always brought joy to the field.

[@aniekemeemacha1336]

His long passes and long range goals are fantastic

[@felixdada2044]

For me Jay Jay Okocha and Ronaldinho have been the most two great creative soccer players who ever liived . They made soccer very colourful .

[@btorun]

Ricardo Quaresma left the chat 😂

[@FOH45]

​@@btorunlol, mans calling quaresma

[@ernestocaro9802]

@@btorunquaresma? Are you serious? Go to sleep man

[@btorun]

@@ernestocaro9802 Okacha was good I watched him live but Quaresma who I also watched live was another level. Time to wake up Ernest 😁

[@ernestocaro9802]

@@btorun you’re tripping man

[@ecko452]

"He outplayed his numbers." Great quote for a great player! 🤌🏾

[@redpillras3456]

Jay Jay was such a joy to watch I miss old football 😪

[@emmanueletuk199]

There's only one Jay Jay Okocha. A legend!!!

[@solomonmichael5693]

Jay Jay Okocha My football mentor I'm proud to ba a Nigerian 🇳🇬

[@Starkalicious07]

The only reason to have ever liked Bolton Wanderers. Highest accolade I can think of.

[@mebude]

long distance goal scorer...just like in the video game... so good they named him twice.

[@ghodarobellevedeer9801]

Trophies are good but when you play like Jay Jay, trophies don't matter. What a remarkable footballer!

[@NratedVII]

Can't believe we are now reducing this great game to goals and trophies now.

[@joselinopinto7979]

I feel your pain brother. The sweet beautiful game has become something else 😢

[@basseybassey1979]

Exactly my pain.

[@JohnSmith-pt6np]

That's what I keep saying everyday bro

[@helicoptergunship]

I watched this with a big, nostalgic, boyhood smile on my face. Thank you

[@lucatriganza8251]

bro i didn't. know much about ja-jay before this. another banger!! i know your videos will get the respect they deserve soon

[@ball_culture]

Legend!

[@esheyaikechukwu1469]

Okocha is genetically a footballer

[@philemonakanji4465]

Jay-Jay Okocha is a Global Football Legend regardless of trophy or not. I will leave the rest for others to comment. God bless and long live Jay-Jay Okocha. He has left an indelible mark in football history that can never be erased. Thanks for your highlights, great man.

[@llclep9052]

One of the best African has ever produced... You inspires me legend...even at my age i can meet up ....

[@aquasmansur9328]

Eintracht Frankfurt will always love jay jay

[@stvvbee]

Glad people are telling his story....

[@user-jq6jd2lp7t]

Jay Jay the G.O.A.T

[@arimakermhm9299]

They will never be another jay jay or ronaldnho because of the way football is now those men loved the game and played for fans not tittles. Most skilful players on the pitch no matter the intensity of the game. Game changers Jay jay the magician ❤

[@temitopeodus3174]

You deserved more recognition

[@jahmanihenry7513]

So good they name him twice 💯

[@user-de3ty4sq8o]

Okocha the Maradona of Nigeria

[@agbaenyi1221]

He is the Jay Jay Okocha of Nigeria and that of the world too. Maradona is Maradona, Jay Jay is Jay Jay.

[@sirebenmedia2876]

Amazing footballer ❤

[@avirup6186]

Nice video dude 👏. Came here after watching his brilliant goal against Oliver Kahn. I was born in 2003 so never had the opportunity to watch this amazing player. Thanks a lot again for this video ❤

[@emmanueletuk199]

Oh Jay Jay, my Jay Jay Okocha

[@godwinsegla4281]

Wonder why he never got the world best award😢 I guess he was too good for such an award 🥰. You’re a Legend Jay Jay🙌🥰

[@diasporaspicetv8468]

Damn, he's so good they name him twice... I don't disagree!

[@agbeyomideji]

The best of the best.....you can't take it away from him ❤

[@oloyedeoyebayo7008]

Greedy agents killed JayJay chances of playing in big clubs. He once said he had never heard of Bolton Wonderers when he signed for them, it was that bad!

[@smithfair6464]

Respect for Jay Jay

[@anthonyonyewadume2340]

Who knew Jayjay started the legover? I didnt. However, his most wicked skill is the one where he uses his leg to bounce the ball on the floor and over your head. Watch that same video where he confirmed Ronaldinho got that move from him.

[@oluwatosinajayi9694]

Jay-Jay Okocha was an embodiment of football skill.

[@jameschima8923]

Winning trophies, very great for a team, but impact on the field will not be forgotten.

[@colya_87]

Cracking video, very much enjoyed the reminiscing. Jay Jay, what a player. 👍🏼

[@randyschwaggins]

Jay Jay Okocha....so good he played for Bolton...😂

[@studiomangordon2933]

Great vid 🔥🔥🔥 the great jay jay

[@Zazaopen2345]

I love you pass maradona okocha❤

[@inabasabiboy82]

Thanks man

[@felixdada2044]

To me Jay Jay Okocha and Ronaldinho have been the most two great creative soccer players who ever lived. They made soccer very colourful , it's not only about trophies but the beauty of it too.

[@benjaminjacks1211]

You need medication then . You are obviously too young to have seen Maradona .

[@felixdada2044]

@benjaminjacks1211 please no insult , I just said my opinion and if you don't like it , that's fine I'm not against that bro.

[@brianjackson2272]

Liked your response, no insults.

[@birdburd2280]

Couldn't believe Bolton got this guy. I remember saying to some football nubs to watch this guy play. They were all very surprised at his talent but I wasn't.

[@segunpopoola491]

A legend and more🎉

[@isaactower4701]

Much Respect 🙏🏻 ❤

[@ikennaokere1769]

The comment about ending up at Bolton was touching but I think he played some of his best football there. Okocha was Nigeria’s gift to Bolton.

[@legaesebakwane1849]

LEGEND

[@tobechukwublessed4274]

A footballer forever!

[@user-jq6jd2lp7t]

GOAT

[@idaraokon2654]

Jay Jay big boy

[@michaelscampinternational4534]

Jay bobon❤❤❤

[@kenmarcus6183]

👑🏆🇳🇬🖤🔥

[@donaldajons]

"You should be at somewhere like Real Madrid not Bolton Wanderers"

[@alphdgreat777]

People have no idea how impressive it is to cone from a poverty & destabilized country from Africa to the biggest stages of European football.. infact this guys talent is so superb & unique...

[@african-history-fountain]

Is there no “poverty and destabilisation” where you come from? Tell us your country, let’s tell you its story.

[@vincentjohn8029]

A football legend with no major European trophy

[@african-history-fountain]

Pele had no “major European trophy”.

[@theasiandevil1782]

Jay jay chi sa sa 🤝🫡

[@babaaaron]

You didn't mention that he won the 1994 AFCON and was at the USA 94 world cup

[@umaraltoum1779]

His move did it before him, a player from Sudan called Golla, he played for al hilal and in egypt for al mogawlon in 1980tes, he was more quicker.

[@brianjackson2272]

Need to show us a video proof. Thanks

[@ituaboyemma619]

Okocha is just a skillful dribbler with no football totale abimtion

[@teshawn5675]

Iam not talking cos he' s my brother or having played alongside him on same team before his European journey but the honest truth.... Azuka is the best skillful player in the history of soccer from day in europe to this day. No one was, is skilled than him till this 2024.Like they say ...he speaks to ball and the ball obeys him. & yes plays soccer like a video game. There was another fantastic player better than Azuka but opportunity find him ( we all played together with jay jay on either teams) We call him " Driver" Oji from Azungwu Ogwashi ,Delta state/Nigeria . Pity he/ Oji is late now. Another family from dame town too , The Onogwu's. Every man yhere is a skillful soccer player but no opportunity beyond state level.

[@benjaminjacks1211]

He was very skilful . But Maradona was another level of skill.

[@onifadetaiwo1475]

Who is Azuka?

[@teshawn5675]

@@onifadetaiwo1475 J J. Thats his God given / local name from our fam

[@augustinepokoo4619]

Who is okochas idol

[@Prince_of_Winterfell]

Maradona obviously

[@elishaoluwafemi1982]

Nigeria wouldn’t have won a bronze medal in the three AFCON Okocha captained the national team if not for Kanu. Okocha was a good entertainer and dribbler. But all his prowess was done at the expense of the national team losing. He would dribble until he kept his striker on offside position. He would be given the ball, even as a midfielder, dribble until he loses it. That may be why he didn’t play for big teams. At PSG he was seldom used for must-win matches. If only football had been for entertainment, Okocha would have perhaps been the best player ever. Unfortunately, football is not, especially national football. Okocha was good for the art; not for the competition

[@bip10plate12]

I have been struggling to put out this exact comment of yours for so many years due to the fact i also love Okocha and wouldn't want to destroy the flow of perception per time.. Yeah! Okocha was great on some standards and was the hero in some pocket of matches for Club & Country but, Kanu edge him out on many occasions that they were on the field together. Kanu was a better team player than Okocha and his match winning tactics is much laid in our heart till this day. I urge any doubter as to the potentials of Kanu to put their achievements side by side of each other and study why it was so. [Ref:~ Kanu was two times Africa footballer of the year].

[@KingsleyEmeka-xr3uk]

Kanu is an attacker, okocha's Job is to scatter any defense and create chances for the attackers to score

[@african-history-fountain]

Garbage, and a gross misrepresentation of Okocha’s game.

[@grandpaslectures6277]

I would want you to point out any match in which Okocha dribbled and the attacker was offside. This is most unfair. Please, I am waiting.

[@grandpaslectures6277]

@@bip10plate12 That is not true.

[@cleverakaduru452]

Fabio

[@ifybest7]

hmmmm jay jay is good and i keep wondering why he did not win African best

[@abdikadirmohamud8451]

That reporter sounds condescending.

[@blanz44tcherno7]

I feel it's somehow segregation that he didn't end up in a top tier club... Afraid he would be more iconic for a man of his color

[@opetimistic]

🏃🏽

[@urielankrah5220]

Pure racism against JJ. Because he wasn't white FIFA never hyped him, nor any of the clubs made him an icon but when Ronaldinho came to meet him then they started hyping Ronaldinho yet Ronaldinho admits he learnt a lot from JJ at his first club. Sad but we're proud of u a son of the rich heritage of Africa.. Jay Jay Okocha we love u

[@awofodutemitayo3340]

True talk brotherly

[@speedandroid561]

He would have played for Real Madrid

[@sergebaron9086]

He play like Pete to me peel isn’t the greatest footballer to me Maradona and Ronaldinho are the greatest footballers ever .

[@mobmeansmobmobmeansmob2125]

Behave yourself.. good player but but brasilian have been doing the stuff he was doing in the 50’s

[@samiroanya4085]

Brazilians have being doing tricks yes but okocha introduced and brought his street style football to football. Brazilians didn’t invent football nor did they create tricks. Relax.

[@benjaminjacks1211]

He was not a mentor to Ronaldinho. He was a good player with a lot of skill. Please don’t overate him . He played for Bolton a very mediocre side . Infact all his sides he played for were mediocre. If he was that great he would have played for a top European team. The tricks he done were done in the 80s aswell, they were not new .

[@jabezsodiki8010]

You didn't see in the video where Bolton went from a relegation contender 17th to 8th and 6th top half team and cup contenders partly because of him? You didn't see where he was desperate to go to EPL and the reporter was asking why not Madrid? PSG and Fenerbache were not the best in the league at that time but "mediocre" is a dishonest word. We've seen good players make wrong club choices several times for several reasons such as money, family, proximity etc so the argument about big clubs is at best a partial evidence. Lastly, it is again dishonest to talk like every skill he did was done in the 80s. Yes there were some but certain trademarks were seen for the first time with Okocha.

[@Melaninlibra]

Stfu fool. Can u even lace any ballers boots?

[@coleyounger6498]

Changed football? Lol Yeah riiiiighhtt! 😅