An haifi Finidi George a Port Harcourt, kuma ya cika shekara 53 a ranar 15 ga Afrilu, kuma ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasan kwallon kafa da Najeriya ta taɓa samar da su. Da sauri mai ban mamaki, fasaha ta musamman, da ikon isar da ƙwallaye masu hatsari daga gefen dama, George ya gina aiki mai girma wanda ya kai shi daga gasar kwallon kafa ta cikin gida a Najeriya zuwa manyan matakan gasar Turai.

Nasarorinsa a Ajax da Real Betis, tare da tasiri tare da Super Eagles, sun sa aka gane shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan Afirka mafi hazaka a zamaninsa.

Daga Port Harcourt zuwa kololuwar kwallon kafa ta Turai

Tafiyar George ta fara a tituna Port Harcourt kafin ƙwazon dama ya sami hanyarsa cikin tsarin kwallon kafa na Najeriya, yana hawa mataki bayan mataki har sai masu neman 'yan wasa na Turai suka zo. Fasaharsa a gefen dama — inda sauri da iyawarsa ta ƙwallaye masu hatsari suka mai da shi barazana ta dindindin — shi ne ginshiƙin da aka gina suna sa a kai.

A Ajax ne George ya kai kololuwar aiki. Yana wasa tare da wasu daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa a duniya, ya kasance wani muhimmin ɓangare na ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun kulake a tarihin kwallon kafa ta Turai. Lokacinsa a Amsterdam ya kawo masa kofuna da darajar nahiya, ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin ɗan wasan gefen dama na matakin duniya.

Babi na Real Betis

Bayan lokacinsa a Netherlands, George ya koma Real Betis a Sipaniya, inda ya ci gaba da ba da firgici a La Liga. Ayyukansa a Seville sun ƙara nuna cewa hazakarsa ta fi kowa a kulob ɗaya ko tsari ɗaya — ya kasance ɗan wasa mai iya bunƙasa a matakin koli inda ya tafi.

Ginshiƙi a Super Eagles

A fagen ƙasa da ƙasa, George ya kasance babban ginshiƙi a wata ƙarni ta Super Eagles mai suna wanda ya kama zukata na masoya kwallon kafa na Afirka. Gudummawarsa ga yaƙin Najeriya ya kawo ƙawa da wayo ga ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa wadda ta yi hamayya da ƙarfi a gasar nahiya da ta duniya.

Lambar 147 na podkastin Sports Planet na Complete Sports Nigeria ya sake duba cikakken hanya na aiki na Finidi George, yana bibiya tafarkinsa daga kwallon kafa ta Najeriya zuwa ɗaukaka ta Turai kuma yana tunani kan gado da ya bar a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan gefen na Afirka.