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Currently, Nwankwo Kanu is 48 years, 4 months and 21 days old. Nwankwo Kanu will celebrate 49rd birthday on a Friday 1st of August 2025. Below we countdown to Nwankwo Kanu upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Occupation | Soccer Player |
| Age | 48 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 1, 1976 (Owerri, Nigeria) |
| Birthday | August 1 |
| Town/City | Owerri, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
Nwankwo Kanu’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Nwankwo Kanu was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Captain of the Nigerian national team from 1994-2010, he was a 2-time African Player of the Year, and UNICEF ambassador.
He was signed by Dutch Eredivisie AFC Ajax in 1993 after his performance at the Under-17 World Championships.
He is one of the only players in history to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal.
His brother is Nigerian defender Christopher Kanu.
He and Mikel Obi have both been members of the Nigerian national team.
