"It’s about developing them holistically, because there is always life after football. If you don’t teach them certain values, they begin to misconstrue certain privileges for rights, because of the fame they have as players … We encourage them to go back to school, so that they have something to fall back on, when they retire."
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Nigeria head coach Justine Madugu: ‘As Africans, we love expressing ourselves’ The Guardian (6 November 2025)
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