Tottenham reveal shirt number for Super Eagles-eligible player ahead of full PL debut

Italy U21 international of Nigerian descent, Destiny Udogie will make his full Premier League debut against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The Super Eagles-eligible left-back has been picked in the starting lineup by Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou.

For the 2023-2024 season, Tottenham have revealed that Udogie will play with the number 38 on the back of his jersey.

He was assigned a provisional squad number of 73 for the pre-season friendlies against West Ham United, Lion City Sailors and Shakhtar Donetsk. 

Udogie is the second player with a Nigerian background to wear Tottenham's number 38 shirt since the start of the third millennium, following in the footsteps of academy product Jonathan Obika. 

The Italian-Nigerian defender inherits the number from Yves Bissouma, who was allocated the number last season and has switched to number 8 for the 2023-2024 campaign. 

Previous holders of the number 38 jersey include Cameron Carter-Vickers, Ryan Mason, David Bentley, Troy Archibald-Henville and Charlie Lee.

Udogie wore the number 13 at Udinese and Hellas Verona, and for Italy at the 2023 European U21 Championship. 

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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