Maduka Okoye, Super Eagles shot
stopper, says he became a goalkeeper by accident.
The 20-year-old German-born
Nigerian professional footballer in an interview with TheCable said that he started out as a striker
when he was little but an incident with his club side goalkeeper made him
volunteer for the position.
Okoye admitted that the decision
he took that day changed his career position on the field of play to a shot
stopper.
“Becoming a goalkeeper happened
by accident. I started out as a striker,” Okoye said.
“The goalkeeper of our club when
I was about four or five year old was cold and couldn’t stay between the sticks
no more.
“So, I volunteered to try it out
and since then I have been between the sticks.”
The Fortuna Dusseldorf’s
goalkeeper also disclosed that it was an easy decision for him picking Nigeria
ahead of his country of birth.
“It was an easy decision when it
came for me to choose between Nigeria and Germany,” he said.
“I never had to think of it. It
was direct from my heart because I wanted to play for Nigeria my whole life and
it is a dream come true.”
Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles coach,
invited Maduka for a friendly against Ukraine that was played on September 10
in Dnipro Arena.
Okoye made his international
debut as a substitute in a 1-1 friendly match against Brazil on October 13,
2019 in Singapore.
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