President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has warmly felicitated with notable football investor and proprietor of a number of football clubs in the country, Hon. Kunle Soname, as the billionaire business mogul celebrated his 59th birthday anniversary on Sunday.
Soname, a former Chairman of a local government in Lagos State, has gradually but steadily built a charming profile as one of the biggest investors in the beautiful game on the African continent, and indeed the universe, with a portfolio that includes proprietorship of elite League club Remo Stars (poised to win this year’s title in Nigeria), second-tier side Beyond Limits and a women’s team, Remo Stars Ladies. He also owns a Portuguese LigaPro side, Clube Desportivo Feirense.
All his teams have remained very competitive in their different cadres and jurisdictions.
“As a Football Federation, we are enamoured by the worthwhile investments that Hon. Kunle Soname is making in the game of football in Nigeria, Africa and the world. To be proprietor of four different clubs across continents and gender is no mean fit. We celebrate his love for the game and wish him a very happy birthday and many happy returns,” Gusau said.
Similarly, the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has congratulated Hon. Kunle Soname on his birthday.
NPFL Chairman, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye said the club owner is worth celebrating by the league for his contributions to the league and football in general.
“Hon. Soname is easily one of the biggest individual investor in our league when you consider the physical structure that supports Remo Stars in Ikenne”, stated the NPFL Chairman.
In Elegbeleye’s words “It is difficult to find an expression that can sufficiently define the specialty of this honorable man.”