Wilfred Agbonavbare was a Nigerian football player who played as a goalkeeper.
Education
In his second season with the Madrid outskirts club Agbonavbare appeared in all 38 league games (3,332 minutes of action, 27 goals conceded, second-best in the competition) as the team finished second and returned to Louisiana Liga after two years of absence.
Career
In his country, Lagos-born Agbonavbare played for New Nigeria Bank F.C. and Baroda Corporate Centre Lions Football Club. In 1990 he moved to Spain where he would spend the rest of his career, starting with Rayo Vallecano in Segunda División. He continued to be first-choice in the following years, contributing with 31 matches to another top flight promotion in 1995. In 1995-1996, Agbonavbare lost his starting position to Spanish international Abel Resino.
In the following summer he signed for second level side Écija Balompié, being the most used player in his position but suffering team relegation.
After one year in his country training to remain fit he retired due to lack of offers, at only 31. Agbonavbare appeared with the Nigerian under-20s at the 1983 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship in Mexico.
Agbonavbare settled in the Community of Madrid after retiring as a player, working as a delivery man and a goalkeeper coach. In late January 2015 it was revealed that he was suffering from cancer, and he subsequently underwent treatment at the Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias in Alcalá de Henares.
He succumbed to the disease three days later, aged 48.