{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (1977–2013)}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Lucky Isibor | fullname = Anthony Joseph Isibor | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1977|1|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Benin City, Nigeria | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|06|24|1977|1|1|df=y}} | death_place = Lagos, Nigeria | height = {{height|m=1.90}} | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995 | clubs1 = Concord FC (Nigeria) | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = Bellinzona | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1996–1997 | clubs3 = Luka Koper | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1997–1998 | clubs4 = Enosis | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = Reggiana | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1998 | clubs6 = → Dynamo Moscow (loan)| caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 1999–2000 | clubs7 = → Dynamo Moscow (loan)| caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2000 | clubs8 = Suwon Samsung Bluewings | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2002–2003 | clubs9 = Zürich | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Anthony Joseph "Lucky" Isibor''' (1 January 1977 – 24 June 2013) was a Nigerian professional footballer.<ref>[http://www.igang3.ch/dbfcz/spieler.php?spieler_id=2295 dbFCZ | Lucky Isibor]</ref>
==Career== He was playing with Nigerian Concord FC when he moved to Switzerland in 1995 signing with AC Bellinzona. Between 1996 and 1998 he played with Slovenian FC Koper<ref>[http://www.prvaliga.si/klubi/mostvo/igralec.asp?idi=35858&id=1&all=1 Stats from Slovenia] at PrvaLiga.</ref> and Cypriot Enosis Neon Paralimni FC before signing with Italian A.C. Reggiana 1919. After that short spell in Italy he moved to Russia. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1998 for FC Dynamo Moscow.<ref name=career>{{FootballFacts.ru}}</ref> He played 4 games in the UEFA Cup 1998–99 for FC Dynamo Moscow. Afterwards he also played in South Korean K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Swiss FC Zürich. FC Zürich refused to honour his contract after they discovered he was HIV-positive. Swiss court eventually ruled that the club must pay him 315,000 Swiss francs as his HIV status was not deemed in itself a valid reason to dissolve the contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Blick|url=http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/fcz-muss-315-000-franken-zahlen-id2528709.html|title=HIV-positive striker fired unjustly - FCZ has to pay 315 000 francs!|language=German|date=11 November 2013}}</ref>
According to a 2004 interview with a fellow Nigerian footballer James Obiorah Isibor had AIDS<ref name="obiorah">[https://archive.today/20120905094633/http://www.facts.kiev.ua/archive/2004-04-17/42836/index.html БЫВШИЙ ФУТБОЛИСТ МОСКОВСКОГО "ДИНАМО" ЛАКИ ИЗИБОР БОЛЕН СПИДом, А НА ПРЕЗИДЕНТА ФРАНЦУЗСКОГО "ПСЖ" СОВЕРШЕНО РАЗБОЙНОЕ НАПАДЕНИЕ]</ref> and according to some later reports, he died on 8 January 2006. However, according to former Isibor's teammate Aleksandr Tochilin, another former Dynamo player Patrick Ovie met Isibor in Nigeria after his supposed death and Isibor was healthy and well.<ref name=tochilin>{{cite web|publisher=FC Dynamo Moscow |url=http://www.fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=3947 |script-title=ru:Александр ТОЧИЛИН: ВОР ОТ МЕНЯ УШЕЛ НАРЯДНЫМ |language=Russian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719172828/http://www.fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=3947 |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}</ref> He died on 24 June 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria, after a brief illness.<ref>[http://www.punchng.com/sports/ex-junior-international-isibor-to-be-buried-on-friday/ Punch: Ex-junior international, Isibor, to be buried on Friday] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111100014/http://www.punchng.com/sports/ex-junior-international-isibor-to-be-buried-on-friday/ |date=2013-11-11 }}</ref>
==Honours== * Russian Cup finalist: 1999.
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== External links == * {{K League player}}
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