Exclusive: Italian - Nigerian Forward Marco Tagbajumi Eyes National Team Call Up

Little known Marco Tagbajumi, 25, has been banging in the goals for fun in the Cypriot top flight.

Only yesterday, the attacker netted his tenth league goal as Ermis defeated Ethnikos Achna 1 - 0 in the 18th round.

Tagbajumi’s adviser, Ben Itorho wants manager Stephen Keshi to hand him an invitation to the National Team ahead of the World Cup.

“Marco is half Nigerian, half Italian. He is on fire scoring a lot of goals and the third highest goalscorer in the league.

“He should be given a call up by Stephen Keshi. Marco has the qualities to succeed in the Super Eagles.

“He is a hot commodity in this window. Three teams are interested in his signature, ” Ben Itorho said to allnigeriasoccer.com.

It is claimed that Marco Tagbajumi has the same playing style as PSG star Edinson Cavani, pacy and scores a lot of goals with his head.