Wilfred Agbonavbare
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfred Agbonavbare | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Date of death | 27 January 2015 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Alcalá de Henares, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | New Nigeria Bank | ||
| 1990 | BCC Lions | ||
| 1990–1996 | Rayo Vallecano | 177 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Écija | 23 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1994 | Nigeria | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Wilfred Agbonavbare (5 October 1966 – 27 January 2015) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In his country, Lagos-born Agbonavbare played for New Nigeria Bank F.C. and BCC Lions FC. In 1990, he moved to Spain where he would spend the rest of his career, starting with Rayo Vallecano in Segunda División.
In his second season with the Madrid outskirts club, Agbonavbare appeared in all 38 league games (3,332 minutes of action, 27 goals conceded, second-best in the competition) as the team finished second and returned to La Liga after two years of absence. He continued to be first-choice in the following years, contributing with 31 matches to another top flight promotion in 1995.
In 1995–96, Agbonavbare lost his starting position to Spanish international Abel Resino. In the following summer, he signed for second level side Écija Balompié, being the most used player in his position but suffering team relegation; after one year in his country training to remain fit, he retired due to lack of offers at only 31.
Agbonavbare appeared with the Nigerian under-20s at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico. He played for more than one decade with the full side, being selected for the 1994 African Cup of Nations and that year's FIFA World Cup, backing up Peter Rufai on both occasions.
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