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Chinenye Okafor: How Nigerian football star became a hairdresser

Chinenye Okafor has revealed she temporarily changed her 22-year long traumatic journey with football to venture into the hairdressing business after having 'nothing to show' for her career in the sport so far.

Chaos off the field engulfed the Pelican Stars since June 2019 due to unpaid salaries to the players amid on the field success, with an instant return to the Nigerian top-flight after relegation in 2019.

Okafor, who previously starred for Osun Babes and Confluence Queens, joined Pelican in 2018 and was the vice-captain of Nigeria's most successful club with eight titles before she initially intended to stop playing football in July.