18/05/2023
After achieving his first Guinness World Records title in November 2019 for most consecutive football (soccer) touches in one minute while balancing a football on the head with a remarkable 111 touches, As of 2023 Chinonso Eche (Nigeria) had achieve 5 Guinness world records, but no celebrity or politician in Nigeria celebrates him except Governor Chukwuma Soludo .
Always pushing his boundaries and working hard to improve, Chinonso has stayed true to his word, breaking four new freestyle records:
Fastest time to 1,000 football touches while balancing a ball on the head: 7 min 46 sec
Most football headers in a prone position in one minute: 233
Most football touches in a seated position while balancing a ball on the head in one minute: 197
In Lo Show Dei Records, Milan, Italy this year, Eche beat his previous record for the most consecutive football touches in one minute while balancing a ball on the head.
Eche, hit 133 touches on set to surpass his 2019 record of 111 touches with an excess of 22 touches and makes him to hold 5 World Guinness world record.
The now 15-year-old freestyle star from Anambra State who lives in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria has also gained a spot among the Young Achievers in the Guinness World Records 2022 book.
His skills even received international recognition from FIFA.
Chinonso decided to attempt his first record to "prove to the world that anything is possible when you believe".
Early this year the executive governor of Anambra state Professor Chukwuma Soludo awarded Chinonso a scholarship that will see him study up to the university level
Eche, hails from Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra state.
