Former Nigeria International, Ayegba is now a bus driver.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ex-Super Falcons goalkeeper Rachael Ayegba is now a bus driver in London, England.
Ayegba who was a member of the Falcons team at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, was also part of the squad to the 2006 and 2008 Women’s Africa Cup of Nationals.
The former shot-stopper had an 11-year stint as a pro in Finland, winning the league title in 2013 with PK-35 Vantaa.
The 35-year-old is in the middle of a year of training, now drives the number 185 between Lewisham and Victoria.
The former goal-keeper who moved to England in 2018, says she had visited London for years on holiday and always admired the double decker buses.
Ayegba who works for Go-Ahead, the bus, reckons driving a bus, and playing in goal have a lot in common.
She said, “When you are trying to save the ball, you need safe hands. But there are ten others on your side.
“When you drive a bus, you are on your own.
“Mentally you have to be 100% ready, if you are a goalkeeper the defenders can help you. You can’t make any mistakes driving a bus.”
On the issue of bus drivers not getting enough respect, Ayegba said: “They don’t. I think we just see a bus driver as a nobody. I see them more like a pilot, if anything goes wrong, it’s on them. Now I’ve done the training, the people I respect most, after my family, are the drivers.”
