Promise Isaac is pictured above during the match against the USA at the
2008 Olympics in Beijing. He was the team captain.
They won the silver medal at The Games.
Promise died on 2nd. October 2019 of a heart attack aged 31 in Austin, Texas.
At the time he played for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship.
He played three games for Nigeria’s senior national team. Six for the Olympic team.
Group B
NIGERIA 0:0 NETHERLANDS (07.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye,
13-Olubayo Adefemi, 8-Sani Kaita, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 88),
12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi 70), 9-Victor Obinna,
14-Peter Odemwingie (16-Victor Anichebe 80)
.
NIGERIA 2:1 JAPAN (0:0)
Obinna (58), Anichebe (74). (10.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Ambrose Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye,
13-Olubayo Adefemi, 8-Sani Kaita, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi 73),
12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo, 9-Victor Obinna (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 77),
14-Peter Odemwingie (16-Victor Anichebe 62)
.
NIGERIA 2:1 USA (1:0)
Isaac (39), Obinna (79). (13.08.08, Beijing)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 5-Dele Adeleye, 15-Efe Ambrose,
6-Monday James, 8-Sani Kaita, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (16-Victor Anichebe 73),
12-Ebenezer Ajilore (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 85), 7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi, 9-Victor Obinna,
11-Solomon Okoronkwo (14-Peter Odemwingie 68)
Quarter-Final
NIGERIA 2:0 IVORY COAST (1:0)
Odemwingie (44), Obinna pen (82). (16.08.08, Qinhuangdao)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi,
15-Efe Ambrose, 7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (10-Promise Isaac 90), 8-Sani Kaita,
12-Ebenezer Ajilore (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 86), 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (6-Monday James 78),
9-Victor Obinna (c), 14-Peter Odemwingie
.
Semi-Final
NIGERIA 4:1 BELGIUM (1:0)
Adefemi (17), Ogbuke Obasi (59, 72), Okonkwo (78). (19.08.08, Shanghai)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye,
13-Olubayo Adefemi, 7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (10-Promise Isaac 73), 8-Sani Kaita,
12-Ebenezer Ajilore (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 46),
11-Solomon Okoronkwo (16-Victor Anichebe 57), 9-Victor Obinna (c), 14-Peter Odemwingie
Final
NIGERIA 0:1 ARGENTINA (0:0) (23.08.08, Beijing)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye,
13-Olubayo Adefemi, 12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 70),
6-Monday James, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (16-Victor Anichebe 64),
9-Victor Obinna, 14-Peter Odemwingie.
Club Career:
2005–2008 Gençlerbirliği 93 (29)
2008–2010 Trabzonspor 26 (2)
2009–2010 Manisaspor (loan) 27 (6)
2010–2012 Manisaspor 69 (16)
2012–2014 Antalyaspor 48 (11)
2014–2015 Al Ahli 4 (1)
2014–2015 Balıkesirspor 13 (3)
2015–2017 Karabükspor 12 (0)
2016–2017 Giresunspor (loan) 18 (2)
2018 Georgia Revolution 13 (7)
2019 Austin Bold 20 (3)
Total 343 games (80 goals)