Ex-Barcelona, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal Youth-Teamers Named In Nigerian Team Of The Week

Published: August 27, 2018
Ex-Barcelona, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal Youth-Teamers Named In Nigerian Team Of The WeekAllnigeriasoccer.com brings readers the best of the country's exports who stood out for their respective foreign clubs in the team of the week, thus :

Goalkeeper

Austin Ejide (Hapoel Hadera): The Super Eagles goaltender helped Hadera to a 2-1 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv at the Winner Stadium in the Israeli topflight.

Defenders

William Troost-Ekong (Udinese): The Tottenham Hotspur product went the entirety of the game as Udinese beat Sampdoria 1-0 at the Dacia Arena in the Italian Serie A.

Godswill Ekpolo (Häcken): The former Barcelona youth-team skipper was in action for The Wasps in a 6-0 thrashing of Brommapojkarna at the Bravida Arena in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Ola Aina (Torino): The Chelsea loanee put in a good shift for the Maroons in a 2-2 draw with Internazionale at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the Italian Serie A.

Midfielders

Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City): Ndidi was on from start to finish for the Foxes in a 2-1 win Premier League game win against Southampton at the St Mary's Stadium.

John Ogu (Hapoel Be'er Sheva): Ogu went the distance for his side as they posted a 1-1 draw with Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Israeli topflight at the Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium.

Semi Ajayi (Rotherham United): The former Arsenal U23 skipper was deployed as a central midfielder again in Rotherham United's 1-0 win against Millwall in the Championship and didn't look out of place.

Dennis Bonaventure (Club Brugge): The former Nigeria U-15 attacker gave his side the lead in the Belgian First Division over bitter rivals, Anderlecht in a 2-1 victory at the Jan Breydel Stadion.

Attackers

Ado Onaiwu (Renofa Yamaguchi): The 22-year-old striker hit a hat-trick for his side in a 4-4 draw with Omiya Ardija in a J2 League clash at the NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya.

Anthony Ujah (Mainz 05): Ujah came off the bench to score the winner for Mainz in a 1-0 win versus Stuttgart at the Opel Arena in the the German Bundesliga.

Chisom Egbuchulam (Falkenburgs): The former Enugu Rangers forward scored thrice at the Falcon Alkoholfri Arena in a 4-1 victory over Degerfors in a Swedish Suprettan clash.

Emmanuel Chinaza

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