Author: Okerayi Basit

Troost-Ekong Biography Troost-Ekong was born into a family that was a mix of Dutch and Nigerian, he could play for both countries on the world level. Since then, he has won more than 70 caps for Nigeria. Club Career His first game for them was in 2015.  Troost-Ekong went to Hockerill Anglo-European College in Bishop’s Stortford, England, for high school. As a kid, he played football for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur in England. As a teen, he played for FC Groningen and FC Dordrecht in the Netherlands. After being linked with moves to Celtic and other clubs, he signed with…

Bright Osayi-Samuel Biography  Bright Osayi-Samuel MON is a professional football player from Nigeria. He was born on December 31, 1997, and plays right back or winger for Fenerbahçe in the Super Lig and for the Nigeria national team. Childhood Osayi-Samuel was born in Okija, Nigeria. He and his family then moved to Spain, and when he was ten, they went to England and settled in Woolwich, London. Bright Osayi-Samuel Club Career The youth school that Osayi-Samuel went to in Blackpool graduated him. Their first game as a professional was March 7, 2015, against Sheffield Wednesday at home. They lost 0–1.…

Calvin Bassey Biography  Calvin Bassey, Chinedu MON (born December 31, 1999, but born Ughelumba) is a professional football player for Fulham in the Premier League. He plays left back or center back. His home country is Italy, but he plays for Nigeria. Bassey came up through Leicester City’s school system, but he never played for the team as an adult before joining Rangers for free in July 2020. He played 65 games for Rangers over two seasons and helped them win the Scottish Premiership and the Scottish Cup. He signed with Dutch club Ajax in July 2022, and Rangers got…

Neymar da Silva Biography Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is a Brazilian professional football player who was born on February 5, 1992. He is also known as Neymar Júnior or just Neymar. He plays left side, attacking midfielder, or forward for the Brazil national team and the Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal. He is known for his skills, dribbling, making plays, and finishing. Many people think he is one of the best players of his age. It’s not often that a player scores at least 100 goals for three different teams. Neymar is one of them. He has scored…

Chidera Ejuke Biography Chidera Ejuke is a professional football player from Nigeria who was born on January 2, 1998. He plays as a winger for Sevilla in La Liga and for the Nigeria national team. Chidera Ejuke Career Ejuke signed a three-year deal with Eliteserien team Vålerenga in March 2017. In July 2019, he chose to play for SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands over teams like Besiktas JK and Lazio Roma. CSKA Moscow revealed on August 28, 2020, that they had signed Ejuke from Heerenveen to a four-year deal. As of September 30, 2020, he scored the third goal in…

Alhassan Yusuf Biography Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi Pigui MON is a professional football player from Nigeria. He was born on July 20, 2000, and plays middle for the Nigeria national team and the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Alhassan Yusuf Club Career Yusuf came to Sweden to play in the Scandinavian Youth Cup Gothia Cup with the TikTok Academy. He did so well that IFK Göteborg offered him a professional deal. Yusuf played for Finnish club IFK Göteborg from 2018 to 2021. READ ALSO: Ibrahim Olawoyin Biography: Age, Career & Football Stats Antwerp change On July 16, 2021, Antwerp, a…

Nathan Tella Biography Nathan Tella Adewale Temitayo is a professional football player for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. He was born on July 5, 1999, and plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger. He was born in England and plays wing for Nigeria. Club Career Nathan Tella grew up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. He went to school in the town of Buntingford, first at Edwinstree Middle School and then at Freman College. After his GCSE tests in 2015, he left. Tella spent ten years with Arsenal, then went on trial at Reading and Norwich City. In April 2017, he joined…

Ibrahim Olawoyin Biography Ibrahim Olawoyin is a professional football player from Nigeria who was born on December 1, 1997. He plays as a winger for the Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor. Career Olawoyin played his first game in the Nigerian Professional Football League on January 13, 2019, for the team he used to play for, Abia Warriors. At Nasarawa United, they lost 1-0. He went on to start twenty-one of the twenty-two games in the shortened league that season. That league season, Olawoyin scored three goals for Warriors against Yobe Desert Stars, Ifeanyi Ubah, and Heartland. He also had…

Cyriel Dessers Biography Cyriel Dessers Kolawole is a professional football player who was born on December 8, 1994. He plays forward for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. His home country is Belgium, but he plays for Nigeria. Cyriel Dessers has played most of his club games in Belgium and the Netherlands. He scored the most goals in the Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo in the 2019–20 season. He scored the most goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2021–22 and was named to the league’s Team of the Season while playing for Feyenoord. Because his mother is from Nigeria, Dessers…

Umar Sadiq Biography Umar Sadiq Mesbah is a professional football player from Nigeria who was born on February 2, 1997. He plays as a striker for Real Sociedad in La Liga and for the Nigeria national team. In the past, Sadiq played for the Nigerian national under-23 team and was an important part of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early Life  Sadiq was born in Kaduna and learned to play football on the streets of his hometown when he was very young. After that, he played for the Kusa Boys neighborhood team before…