Sunshine Stars have decided to honour their former captain Sunday Abe by retiring his number 10 jersey for just this season.
Abe officially announced his retirement from football after close to two decades of involvement in the sport.
The 33-year-old first broke into the Sunshine Stars senior side in 2006/07 from the youth team and have gone on to become their captain in 2013.
He played in the NPFL for 17 years, which the ODSFA chairman, Honourable Bamidele Ologunloluwa feels will be invaluable in Sunshine Stars’ backroom.
Abe missed out playing 18 seasons in the NPFL on the spin when he played on loan at Albanian side KF Teuta Durres.
The club chief also said the retirement of the number 10 jersey for a season is “a mark of honour for his (Abe’s) service to the team.”
In addition, the club announced that Abe and another former player Kayode Idowu have been appointed as match readers by the side’s parent body, Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA).
Abe represented Nigeria at Under-17s at the FIFA World Cup and at African championship in 2019.