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Adepoju was a talented, versatile operator who enjoyed a long career in Spain after joining Real Madrid from Julius Berger in 1989.

He featured regularly for Los Blancos’ B team during his three-year stint in the capital, but never advanced to the senior side.

He would enjoy greater prominence with the likes of Racing and Real Sociedad, and was a key figure in Nigeria’s Golden Generation of the mid 1990s.

Adepoju, who is currently an ambassador for La Liga, represented the Super Eagles at three World Cups and won the Nations Cup in 1994.