Tosin Adarabioyo Shines For Man City In Win Over Liverpool U18s, Adekanye&Ejaria Not Involved
Published: April 16, 2016
Manchester City U18s edged out Liverpool at  Liverpool’s Academy Ground (Knowsley, Merseyside) on Saturday morning in the Premier Academy League, thanks to goals from Manu Garcia and Lukas Nmecha.The home team were without Ovie Ejaria and Bobby Adekanye for this one, while City coach omitted Ashinme Kigbu fr...
Matthew Olosunde Already Pleasing Manchester United Crowd
Published: April 16, 2016
United States youth international Matthew Olosunde,18, was one of the six Manchester United players across all levels that was featured in the Trickbox video earlier this week.The official website of the English Premier League giants shortlisted the youngster along with England skipper Wayne Rooney, Joe Riley, Morgan S...
Wolves Starlet Dominic Iorfa Impresses In First Game In Central Defense
Published: April 16, 2016
Dominic Iorfa impressed as a central defender in Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 loss to Hull City on Friday night in the Championship, so much so that he has been praised by his coach Kenny Jackett.For the first time in 58 games in the second-tier, the England U21 international, who is originally a right fullback, was dep...
Tomori Set To Follow In The Footsteps Of Barcelona Defender Ekpolo,Chelsea Duo Solanke &Aina
Published: April 16, 2016
Canada U20 international Fikayo Tomori was pleased that Chelsea secured a spot in the final of the UEFA Youth League after seeing off Anderlecht in Friday’s semifinal.The central defender was an unused substitute in April 2015 when The Blues narrowly beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 to lift the trophy for the first time...
Nigerian Exports: Ikeme Gifts Hull City 3 Points;Simon, Obinna&Friday Score;Olajengbesi Still Going Strong; Enobakhare Makes Cameo
Published: April 15, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com reviews the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues on Friday.Victor Obinna was on target for the first time since September 2015 as MSV  Duisburg defeated 1860 Munich 2-1 in the 2 Bundesliga. The attacker netted the  game-winner in the 85th minute.The ex...
Ola Aina, Fikayo Tomori Star As Chelsea Qualify For UEFA Youth League Showpiece Game
Published: April 15, 2016
The Chelsea U19s have qualified for the final of the UEFA Youth League for a second successive year on the heels of their win against Anderlecht in Switzerland on Friday at  Centre sportif de Colovray.Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori got manager Adi Viveash’s nod in defense, while the young striker Ike Ugbo was am...
KuPS CEO,Heiskanen Reveals Azubuike Egwuekwe Did Not Score An Own Goal
Published: April 15, 2016
KuPS CEO Jarmo Heiskanen has corrected the notion that Azubuike Egwuekwe scored an own goal in the first half during the Veikkausliiga game against PK-35 Vantaa on Thursday.With the match at the Savon Sanomat Areena (Kuopio) not televised in these parts, several media outlets, including allnigeriasoccer.com, relied on ...
Real Salt Lake Midfielder Sunday Stephen Recalls Experience With Spain Youth Setup
Published: April 15, 2016
Real Salt Lake’s Sunday Stephen has thanked the Royal Spanish Football Federation for giving him the opportunity to represent Spain at youth level prior to making his solitary appearance for the Super Eagles to date.Born in Lagos, Stephen moved to Spain when he was a teenager before he was granted citizenship aft...
Moses Odubajo Poised To Make 38th Start For Hull City After One-Game Ban
Published: April 15, 2016
Moses Odubajo is poised to return to the Tigers starting line-up for Friday night’s Championship tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers, manager Steve Bruce has revealed.The England youth international was not in the 18-man squad for last weekend’s clash against Huddersfield as he was serving a one-game suspen...
Wolves Boss Hints Enobakhare Will Get More First Team Action
Published: April 15, 2016
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Kenny Jackett has hinted that Nigerian forward  Bright Enobakhare will be getting more first team action at the business end of the season.After only five minutes of game time from a possible 1,170 minutes, the teenager was called into action for the last 32 minutes of the Champions...
Sheyi Ojo Says Liverpool Win Over Borussia Dortmund Was Like A Movie
Published: April 15, 2016
Sheyi Ojo has says Liverpool’s triumph over Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night in the Europa League was like a scene out of a movie and has praised the Reds faithful for their unflinching support during the game at Anfield.The England youth international made the bench for the second time in the competition and ...
Rennes Old Boy Echiejile Will Not Face Former Club,Suspended By LFP
Published: April 15, 2016
The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) has suspended Elderson Echiejile for two matches after reviewing last weekend’s game between Lille and Monaco in which the Nigeria international was sent off.The left-back has been automatically ruled out of the games with Marseille(April 17) an...
Nigerian Exports: Fatai Out Of EL, Ibe&Ojo Progress;Ofoedu Reaches Double Digit Again; Salami,John&Njoku Strike; Egwuekwe Nets OG
Published: April 14, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in Europe on Thursday, including the Europa League.In the Europa League, Sparta Prague failed to progress to the semifinals after losing 6-4 on aggregate to Villarreal at  Generali Arena (Praha). Kehinde Fatai worked a ninety-minute shift in attack for th...
Igboun,Hassan Warn Nigeria U23s To Be Wary Of Kristoffer Olsson,Dubbed The Swedish Mesut Ozil
Published: April 14, 2016
FK Ufa striker Sylvester Igboun and his ex-teammate Rilwan Hassan have advised the Nigeria U23s to pay special attention to  FC Midtjylland attacking midfielder Kristoffer Olsson in their clash with Sweden at the 2016 Olympic Games.Olsson, who was on the books of Arsenal prior to his move to Denmark, is regarded a...
HJK Defender Taye Taiwo Fails To Stop Ex-USA U20 Star William Oluremi John From Scoring
Published: April 14, 2016
HJK Helsinki dropped points for the first time in the new Veikkausliiga season after playing out a 2-2 draw with RoPS on game week three.Four Nigerians started the game- Taye Taiwo, Nnamdi Oduamadi, Vincent Onovo and William Oluremi John- at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä on Thursday afternoon.Ex-United States U20 intern...