Taribo West
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The Nigerian will always be remembered for two reasons. One, being a god on Football Manager and two, his unusual hairstyles. What many fail to mention is that he is a pretty successful defender who managed to play for both Milan clubs, Derby County and Plymouth Argyle.
West only played 44 games for Inter in his two years at the club, but this season he played the majority of the season at the fullback position. He was a pacey left back who occasionally went on bursts forward, but not too often.
Towards the back end of his career, a lot of weird things happened. He trialled at Manchester City but failed to get a contract due to a lack of fitness, he moved from Plymouth to Croatia and reportedly claimed to be moving to Spanish Segunda side Xerez, but the club’s president didn’t even know a deal was in place.
The only thing of note to happen in his retirement is that he was accused of being 12 years older than he claimed to be.
