Top Ten Youngest Nigerians To Debut In The Italian Serie A : Martins 4th, Sadiq 9th
After Genoa striker Pietro Pellegri equaled the all-time record set by Amedeo Amadei as the youngest player in the Serie A, <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>’s statistician has compiled a list of the ten youngest players of Nigeria descent to debut in the Italian top-flight. <br /><br />Italy international Stefano Okaka is the youngest player of Nigerian descent to play in the Serie A, having made his debut for Roma at the age of 16 years 4 months 9 days.<br /><br />Former AC Milan wonderkid Aliyu Mohammed Datti is the youngest Nigerian-born player to feature in the Serie A. <br /><br />The ex-Golden Eaglets star stepped out onto the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara turf in the 77th minute of Milan’s 3-2 win at Bologna aged 16 years 10 months 10 days.<br /><br />Christian Obodo is third in the ranking and played his first match for Perugia aged 17 years 11 months 24 days , followed by Obafemi Martins (Inter Milan) and Ibrahim Babatunde (Piacenza Calcio).<br /><br /><u><b>Ten Youngest Nigerian Players To Feature In Italian Serie A</b></u><br /><br />1)Stefano Okaka (AS Roma) - 16 years 04 months 09 days <br />2)Aliyu Datti (AC Milan) - 16 years 10 months 10 days<br />3) Christian Obodo (Perugia) - 17 years 11 months 24 days<br />4) Obafemi Martins (Inter Milan) - 18 years 01 month 24 days <br />5) Ibrahim Babatunde (Piacenza) - 18 years 04 months 18 days <br />6) Olasunkanmi Akande Ajide (AS Roma) - 18 years 04 months 22 days <br />7)Hugo Enyinnaya (Bari) - 18 years 05 months 09 days<br />8)Victor Obinna (Chievo Verona) - 18 years 05 months 17 days <br />9) Umar Sadiq (AS Roma) - 18 years 09 months 19 days <br />10)Orji Okonkwo (Bologna) - 18 years 10 months 01 day <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />
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