John Orlando

{{short description|Ghanaian-born Nigerian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = John Orlando | image = | image_size = | fullname = John Orlando | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ghana | height = {{height|m=1.86}} | years1 = | clubs1 = Water Corporation of Ilorin | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Shooting Stars F.C. | caps2 = | goals2 = | position = Defender | nationalyears1 = 1980 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-23 | nationalcaps1 =3 | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 =1980–1982 | nationalteam2 = Nigeria | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | medaltemplates ={{Medal|Competition|African Cup of Nations}} {{Medal|Gold| 1980 African Cup of Nations | }} | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}

'''John Orlando''' (born 15 October 1960) is a Nigerian former footballer who played for the Nigeria national football team as a defender.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/sports/35-years-after-where-are-1980-nations-cup-heroes/ |title=35 years after, where are 1980 Nations Cup heroes? |first=Tana | last=Aiyejina |date=22 March 2015 |accessdate=25 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134047/http://www.punchng.com/sports/35-years-after-where-are-1980-nations-cup-heroes/ |archivedate=24 September 2015 |newspaper=The Punch}}</ref> He won the 1980 African Cup of Nations tournament while representing Nigeria and also represented Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Russia.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sportingtribuneonline.com/index.php/component/k2/item/763-nigerian-mulatto-defenders-and-world-cup-nightmares | title=Nigerian mulatto defenders and World Cup nightmares | work=Sports Tribune | author=Dipo Ogunsola | date=28 March 2014 | accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>

==Honours== ===International=== * Africa Cup of Nations – 1980

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==External links== * {{FIFA player|id=272592|name=John Orlando}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orlando, John}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Shooting Stars S.C. players Category:1980 African Cup of Nations players Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Nigeria Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen