Uzoenyi, CHAN 2014 Most Valuable Player, who will be staging a return to the domestic league and club, last featured in the 2013/2014 season, after stints in South-Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina and in the 2020/2021 season, featured for Montenegro side, OFK Titograd of Podgoria.
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Having trained with the club for close to a month, the Cape side have decided to add the diminutive midfielder to their roster.
And as has become the tradition with the Nigeria Football Federation, the football federation was well represented with Chidi Nwantu, Dayo Enebi Achor, the national team administrator, Barrister Okey Obi and national team coordinator, Emmanuel Atta
On the contract between its player, Ugonna Uzochukwu, and Shippa United FC of South Africa, Ozor said the management of Rangers was yet to reach a deal with the team
The Rangers player, who is South Africa-bound, was called in as a replacement to injured Elderson Echiejile, shortly after the last friendly encounter with the USA
Uzoenyi said contrary to reports, he was not disappointed when he was not named in the initial 23-man squad because he has total confidence in the judgment of Coach Stephen Keshi
When the Nigerian team arrived Sao Paulo on Tuesday night, Uzoenyi was the only player missing from the final 23-man list
The club said it was yet to get a letter from the Nigeria Football Federation to release the player
Speaking after the team had lunch at its Hyatt Hotel base in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Keshi said for Omeruo, he will be fit and ready for the opening game of the team against Iran, after clashing with a teammate in training three days ago
Already, Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, is awaiting the team and his assistants in the United States
The General Manager of the club, Paul Ozor, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday
Uzoenyi and Ali were vital to Nigeria’s third place win at the competition, with the Rangers winger sweeping three Man of the Match awards and the Most Valuable Player of the tournament
He promised that the win of the MVP will not get him distracted, because he wants to eke a name for himself in Nigeria’s football annals
Sharks Football Club wing attacker, Dumte Pyagbara, was preferred by Coach Stephen Keshi to have a starting presence in place of Uzoenyi
Rabiu Ali is currently in the second spot as he trails South African striker, Bernard Parker, who scored four goals before the Bafana Bafana were sent packing in the group stage
The Enugu Rangers player landed badly on the ground and went unconscious after contesting for an air ball in the 7th minute of the epic battle
In a poll conducted by the country’s main television station, a majority of the voters picked the Nigerian midfielder’s effort as the best out of 10 that were in contention
Uzoenyi said while he gave the last award to his little son, who was four years old the day Nigeria defeated Bafana Bafana 3-1, he was dedicating the latest award to God