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The basic coach of the Campos FC, Ekezie Obinna Martin, revealed that the first basic football team of Nigeria in Owerri discovered stars who are making their trade in world football, reports SilverNews.com.ng.
The coach revealed that the goalkeeper of Super Eagles and Omonoia FC, Francis Uzoho, was discovered at the age of eight in which he was converted into goalkeeper by the pool of coaches expert in the club.
The Gaffer also revealed how the club discovered and fed the talents of their teenage years, including; The Maestro Uche Christantus Master, who was recently invited to the Super Eagles team, the striker Ogbuehi Nzubechi Sixus (Aka) Messi, who joined the Spanish team Osasuna B with a 6 -month loan agreement with an option to buy from Depportvo Eldense, among others.
His words: “Uzoho joined the Campos Fc at the age of eight. We continued to train him, building him. He was a player, then we looked at him and we saw that the goalkeeper would be a way to become a great player. We converted him, we gave him the gloves to start keeping him. Even when we did it, he was angry with us.
“Artists of the caliber of Nnadi Tochukwu who joined the age of seven and today is in Belgium. Uche Chrisantus, who is now in Spain. He joined Campos at the age of 12.
“We have inserted a lot of discipline. Coming from different houses, different characters without giving them a sense of belonging, they will not be able to invent what they are pursuing. We have made them sit, we begin to feed them that have given them information, they taught them their moral life. Some of them, their parents dragged them to the training session.”
He stressed that Campos FC engraved their name in the sands of the time as a lighthouse of hope for young players throughout the state of imo and beyond guided by a leader whose principles are rooted in tutoring, sacrifice and in a brighter future for Nigerian football.
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