Stoke City man and Nigeria’s Super Eagles Etebo’s time in England has been one that few will remember.
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Victor Osimhen scored four of the goals, while Terem Moffi grabbed a brace in the Match Day 2 fixture played before a very sparse crowd at the Stade Grande.
The club’s website confirmed Ben Foster and Andre Gray would also be leaving with their expiring deals not renewed.
The Super Eagles held their first training session on Tuesday night with 21 players reporting for the first day training.
Etebo has been out since the end of September with a torn quad muscle.
Hard-tackling Etebo has been a key figure in the Super Eagles’ set-up since impressing at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where the U23 boys won Team Nigeria’s only medal at the games – a bronze.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the match, played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, had goals from Victor Osimhen, Oghenekaro Etebo and substitute Paul Onuachu.
The tie is slated to kick off 5pm Nigeria time
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles take on the Leone Stars at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on November 13 in a first of two qualifying matches for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Etebo suffered a muscle injury in the team’s 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on June 29, and missed the 1-0 loss to Real Madrid and the goalless draw away at Osasuna last weekend.
But they escaped a worse fate as a late goal for the visitors was ruled out by a VAR review
The 24-year-old Nigerian midfielder was a prominent player under Nathan Jones but fell out of favour when Michael O’Neill took charge in November.
Italy-based defender William Ekong and England-based midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo are expected to lead the delegation of Super Eagles’ playing body into Dnipro, Ukraine on Saturday, ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly match with the host country’s senior team.
Super Eagles midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo, currently in Lagos to mentor over 200 aspiring young footballers at the Spring Academy Summer Camp, the organisers said on Tuesday.
The Nigerian international capped another outstanding midfield display with a scintillating first half effort to earn Nathan Jones his third win as Potters boss
Nigeria international Oghenekaro Etebo says he made the right decision in joining English Championship side Stoke City despite interest from top German and French clubs.
The match, played at the OB1 Arena on Wednesday, saw Etebo, who started the game on the bench, join the fray 20 minutes before full time.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles recorded a 2-0 win over Iceland at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup match played at the Volgograd Arena on Friday.
The Super Eagles defeated Iceland 2-0 with a brace from Ahmed Musa who entered the record books as the first Nigeria to score in two different World Cup editions following his heroics against Argentina in 2014.
Rookie goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho, retained his place in goal