Football has become a very important part of the Enuani Culture and many of our sons and daughters have distinguished themselves globally in the round leather game.
Here is a look at top five most prominent football stars from Enuani Communities.

1. Stephen Okechukwu Keshi CON

Hails from Illah Community in Oshinili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
He was Nigerian football player and manager.

During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most capped player at the time of his retirement.
He captained Nigeria to win the Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Tunisia 1994 and represented the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
He also played club football in five countries, most notably Belgium, where he won the Belgian league championship with R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1991.

As a manager, Keshi achieved success by qualifying Togo for the only FIFA World Cup appearance in its history in 2006.
However, he left the position prior to the 2006 tournament and was replaced by Otto Pfister.
He later coached Nigeria to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming one of only two people, along with Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a coach.
The Confederations of African Football named him the African Coach of the Year 2013. A stadium is named after him in Asaba by the Delta State Government to honour his legacy.

2. Austin Azukaego Okocha (a.k.a. JayJay)

Austin Azukaego Okocha is an indigene of Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State.
He is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jay-Jay as he was popularly called won 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals. He represented Nigeria at three FIFA World Cup tournaments.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players from Africa and one of the most skillful dribblers in the history of football.

He started his career at Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Professional Football League before playing for top European Leagues like; Bundesliga, Süper Lig, Ligue 1, Premier League, EFL Championship and Qatar Stars League.

In 1994, he was a member of both the victorious 1994 African Cup of Nations squad and the World Cup squad who made it to the second round before losing a dramatic match against eventual runners-up Italy.
In 1996, Okocha wrote his name in the hearts of every football fan all over the world following his magical displays at the midfield that saw Nigeria win Olympic Gold Medal at the Atlanta Games.
He eventually retired in 2008.

3. ⁠Nduka Ugbade

Hails from Ugbodu, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. Current head coach of the Nigeria U-17 national team.

Ugbade was captain of the Nigeria U-17 team that won the FIFA World Championship in China, 1985.

Four years later in the U-20 category, he was also part of Nigeria national U-20 football team at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship that won silver medals in Saudi Arabia.

After his immensely successful youth football career, Ugbade featured in the Nigerian national team for some years, but was plagued by injuries and poor form in the later years of his career which denied him of the opportunity of starring at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

In August 2011 he was appointed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to be one of the two assistant coaches for the Golden Eaglets (Nigeria under-17 national football team).
In 2013, the team won the silver medal in the CAF U-17 tournament in Algeria, and won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the UAE.

In 2013, Ugbade was named head coach of Lagos club MFM FC.
He is currently the coach of Nigeria male U-17 team.

4. Monday Odiaka

Monday Odiaka hails from Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
He rose to fame at the 1985 World Youth Championship in Soviet Union, now Russia, where he represented Nigeria’s Flying Eagles and scored the fastest goal ever recorded at the youth tournament. Though, Odiaka, who is now a youth coach in Ajegunle (AJ City), claims he netted the goal at 12 seconds, world soccer ruling body FIFA recorded 14 seconds and the Nigerian as the record holder of the fastest goal at the U-20 World Cup.

Odiaka still feels high about that goal that stayed in the Guinness world record book for 34 years. It was only broken this year by Senegalese Amadou Sagna, who scored for the Young Lions of Teranga after just 9.6 seconds against Tahiti at the 2019 World Youth Championship in Poland.

5. ⁠Kingsley Obiekwu

He hails from Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
Obiekwu who played as a defender, represented Nigeria at international level and was a member of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics gold medal winning team.
He coached Ingas F.C. of Enugu, Nigeria, between 2009 and 2013, after a brief stint with Benin side, USS Kraké

There are many other footballers from Enuani who could have made this list but were not included owing to space. Stars like Peter Ijeh, Joel Obi etc.
Feel free to add to the list.