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Azango Joins KAA Gent On Three-Year Deal From Trencin

August 31, 2018

Nigeria winger, Philip Azango, has joined Belgian club, KAA Gent on a three-year deal from AS trencin

Azango caught the eye of Gent officials following his impressive showing for Trencin in the UEFA Europa League this season.

The 21-year-old scored a brace for Trencin in the win against Gornik Zabrze and was on target in the 4-0 victory against Dutch giants, Feyenoord.

He follows the footsteps of Moses Simon and Samuel Kalu, products of the famous GBS Academy in Nigeria
who featured for Trencin before securing moves to Gent.

Azango was in action for Trencin in a Europa League play-off round clash against Cypriot club, AEK Lanarca on Thursday.

The pacy winger once featured for Nigeria Professional Football League clubs, Nasarawa United and Plateau United.

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Oghenekaro Etebo: Stoke City sign Feirense midfielder for £6.35m

June 11, 2018

Oghenekaro Etebo has won 14 caps for Nigeria Stoke City have signed Feirense midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo for £6.35m (7.2m euros) on a five-year deal. The 22-year-old, who spent the end of last season on loan at La Liga side Las Palmas, is in the Nigeria squad for the World Cup in Russia. "We're really excited to have got the deal over the line for Etebo," Potters boss Gary Rowett told the club website. "I'm looking forward to seeing him in a Stoke City shirt as I'm sure our supporters are too." He is the first signing made by Rowett since he left Derby to take charge of fellow Championship club Stoke in May.

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Onyekuru Happy To Score First Super Eagles Goal Vs Liberia

September 13, 2018

Henry Onyekuru is thrilled to score his first goal for the Super Eagles in Wednesday’s 2-1 exhibition game win against the Lone Star of Liberia.I t was the first time Onyekuru who is loan at Turkish club, Galatasaray from Premier League outfit, Everton started a game for the Super Eagles.Onyekuru opened scoring for the Super Eagles in the game with Simeon Nwankwo netting the other goal. “1st Goal for my country! I’m so blessed to be off the mark with my fellow (Eagles) #GloryToGod,” Onyekuru wrote on his Instagram page. Onyekuru missed out on a place in Nigeria’s squad to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia due to injury. He will hope to make the Super Eagles’ squad for next month’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double header clash against Libya.

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Football gossip: Henry, Pjanic, Origi, Maguire, Willian, Nzonzi, Pulisic

July 24, 2018

Former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry, who is now on the Belgium coaching staff, has "verbally agreed" to take his first managerial role - replacing Steve Bruce at Aston Villa. (Star) Juventus will sell Bosnian Miralem Pjanic, 28, as part of a strategy to bring France international and fellow midfielder Paul Pogba, 25, back to the club from Manchester United. (Corriere dello Sport, via Express) Liverpool's 25-year-old German goalkeeper Loris Karius is thinking about leaving Anfield after being disappointed by manager Jurgen Klopp bringing in Brazil international Alisson, 25, as the club's new number one. (Telegraph) The Reds want £27m for 23-year-old Belgium striker Divock Origi, who has attracted the interest of Spanish side Valencia, and are ready to sell up to seven players to raise £100m. (Liverpool Echo) Leicester are determined to hold on to England centre-back Harry Maguire and fend off ...

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Roundup: Henty Bags 3rd Goal Of Season In Croatia; Awoniyi Fires Blanks In Gent’s Win

August 13, 2018

Ezekiel Henty scored his third league goal of the season for NK Osijek who spanked NK Istra 1961 3-0 in a Croatian league game played on Sunday, Completesportsnigeria.com reports. At the Emirates Stadium in England, Alex Iwobi was an unused substitute in Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Manchester City in Sunday’s English Premier League game.Henty broke the deadlock for his side in the 49th minute of the encounter. It was his third league game of the season. A goal in each half from Raheem Sterling and Bernado Silva handed Arsenal their first defeat of the season. In France, Samuel Kalu was not included in Bordeaux’s squad that lost 2-0 to Strasbourg in a French Ligue 1 encounter on Sunday. Taiwo Awoniyi extended his goal drought in the Belgian Pro Division to three games for KAA Gent who defeated Waasland Beveren 4-1. Awoniyi who celebrated his 21st birthday on Sunday played for 71 minutes before he was replaced. In the Scottish topflight division, Sadiq Umar came on for Alfredo M...

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Ikeme Makes Guest Appearance During Wolves – Man City Clash

August 25, 2018

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper ,Carl Ikeme was a special guest during Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Premier League clash with Manchester City on Saturday at the Molineux Stadium, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. Wolves played a resilient game to deny the ambitious Premier League champions an away win. The game ended in 1-1 draw. Ikeme and his kids went round to acknowledge cheers from the fans in the Molineux Stadium.Ikeme who retired from football in the summer after a year-long battle with leukemia was brought onto the pitch with his two kids prior to the kickoff . The former Nigerian international goalkeeper who is in complete remission will team up with the Super Eagles technical crew soon, according to head coach, Gernot Rohr. “Our plan is to have him around for the game against Seychelles but that is not going to be possible because of the long hours of travelling down from England to Seychelles but we hope to have him with us in subsequent games,” Rohr revealed during ...

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Carabao Cup: Iheanacho Scores As Leicester Advance to 3rd Round; Etebo Shines; Balogun’s Brighton Crash Out

August 28, 2018

Kelechi Iheanacho netted his first goal of the season for Leicester City in Tuesday’s 4-0 Carabao Cup second round win over English Football League One side, Fleetwood Town at the King Power Stadium. A superb eighth-minute half-volley from Christian Fuchs gave the Foxes lead and in the 39th minute a header from Vicente Iborra made it 2-0 for Leicester City. Iheanacho made it 3-0 a minute from the restart before the win was wrapped up by Rachid Ghezzal who curled in a stunning strike in the 71st minute. The Nigerian midfielder was outstanding in the encounter for Gary Robert’s side who made it two wins from their last two games. He played all 90 minutes in for the Potters.At the Bet365 stadium, Oghenekaro Etebo made his debut for Stoke City in the competition for Stoke City who advanced to the next round of Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town. At the Amex stadium, Leon Balogun’s Brighton Hove Albion suffered a second round exit at home to Southampton in the Caraba...

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Gbolahan Salami Joins Turkish Club Denizlispor On One-Year Contract

August 20, 2018

Turkish club, Denizlispor, have announced the singing of Nigerian forward, Gbolahan Salami on a one-year contract, Completesportsnigeria. com reports. The striker only linked up with Irtysh Pavlodar in January 2018 but left by mutual consent early this month.Salami, 27, last featured for Kazakhstani side, Irtysh Pavlodar . “WELCOME WELCOME! Our club has secured a one-year deal with Gbolahan Salami, a Nigerian Striker who played for Irtysh Pavlodar last season,” reads a tweet on Denizlispor’s official Twitter handle. Salami has featured for the likes of defunct Julius Berger, Sunshine Stars, Shooting Stars, Enyimba and Warri Wolves in the Nigeria Professional Football League. He once had stints in Serbia with Red Star Belgrade and Finnish club, KuPs. He has represented Nigeria at the U-20, U-23 and senior levels.

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Revealed: Why Ndidi Trains Alone In Super Eagles Camp

May 24, 2018

The Super Eagles continued their build-up to the 2018 World Cup with a training session at the Practice Pitch of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium and the highlight of the session was midfielder Wilfred Ndidi who trained separately for the second day in a row and C ompletesportsnigeria.com can authoritatively reveal the reason for this. Contrary to speculations that the decision to have Ndidi train separately was as a result of injury concernss, coach Gernot Rohr had exclusively told our sister publication Complete Football magazine’s special World Cup edition that the Leicester City star will be put on a special programme at the Eagles camp after a gruelling season in which he played over 40 games for the Foxes. In the interview just before Ndidi’s injury in the game against Crystal Palace which ended his season for Leicester City, Rohr had revealed that he had a special training plan for the player. Asked whether he was worried over the nu...

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Musa To Make Al Nassr Debut Against Al Jazira On Monday

August 12, 2018

Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa, is in line to make his debut for Saudi Professional League club, Al Nassr in Monday’s Arab Champions League clash against United Arab Emirates side, Al Jazira at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Completesportsnigeria.com reports. Musa, was part of players and officials of Al Nassr who departed the King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh on Sunday morning for the game. He was accorded a rousing welcome by Al Nassr’s faithful on his arrival at the airport on Friday. Al Nassr and their supporters will be hoping that the former Kano Pillars man replicate his superlative showing for Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.The former CSKA Moscow star only resumed training with his new club on Friday following his transfer from English Premier League club, Leicester City. Al Nassr will look to end a run of three games without a win in the competition when they face Al Jazira. Daniel Carreno’s men drew one and lost two of the three games.

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