Glasgow Celtic defender reveals he wants to play for Nigeria, why he supports Chelsea

He was born in the Netherlands to Nigerian parents twenty one years ago and is also eligible for England having lived in the country for roughly fifteen years.

Of all the countries Urhoghide qualifies to represent, the Nigeria Football Federation have made the first step to cap him by inviting him to a Nigeria U23 training camp before the U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Libya in 2019.

In a question and answer session with his fans, the center half was asked if he would play for Nigeria and he replied : "Personally it would be an honour to play for Nigeria. International football is something that I'm working towards and hopefully in the near future I can play for them.

"I've got some options Nigeria, Netherlands, England as well so there are some options so I'm working towards that.

"It is one of my goals as well so hopefully in the near future I'll achieve it."

Urhoghide admits to being a boyhood Chelsea fan because his Nigerian father supports the Stamford Bridge outfit.

"Growing up I've always supported Chelsea. I lived in West London, my dad supports Chelsea.

"I'm not sure why I chose to pick Chelsea but probably because my dad supported them but the teams I've stayed with as well, supported them being with the highs and lows but it's always been Chelsea"

Since his celebrated move to Celtic from Sheffield Wednesday in the summer transfer window, Urhoghide has made one competitive appearance for the Hoops and it was for their B team in a SPFL Trust Trophy clash against Morton on September 4.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel