Done deal: Super Eagles star becomes fourth Nigerian international to join Sochaux

The French decrease league campaigners have added a defensive reinforcement forward of the 2022-23 season

Tremendous Eagles defender Valentine Ozornwafor has accomplished a year-long mortgage transfer from Royal Sporting Charleroi to French membership FC Sochaux-Montbéliard after passing a medical.

Saying the seize of the Nigerian worldwide with a press release on their official web site, Sochaux confirmed that they keep the choice to purchase Ozornwafor after his short-term spell.

With the transfer, the previous Enyimba centre-back turns into the fourth Nigerian worldwide to signal for the Yellow and Blues. Ozornwafor follows within the footsteps of compatriots Wilson Oruma, Brown Ideye, and 2007 Coupe de France winner Rabiu Afolabi.

Ozornwafor’s European sojourn

Sochaux are the fourth European crew that Valentine Ozornwafor will play for since leaving Enyimba FC in 2019.

Born on June 1, 1999, in Nsukka, Ozornwafor arrived at Galatasaray from the Aba Elephants, having excelled with the Flying Eagles on the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

After discovering it troublesome to nail a first-team shirt with the Turkish giants, Ozornwafor was loaned to Almeria within the Spanish Segunda Division for the second half of the 2019-20 marketing campaign.

As a tall, left-legged centre-back, Ozornwafor caught the attention of former Tremendous Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr, who subsequently invited the teen to the nationwide crew setup. He made his Tremendous Eagles debut within the pleasant in opposition to Cameroon in June final 12 months.

He joined the Royal Sporting Charleroi just a few weeks afterward mortgage for the 2021/2022 season.

The 23-year-old excelled within the Belgian high flight, inspiring the Zèbres to train the acquisition choice that they had on the finish of the season.

Ozornwafor will look to assist Sochaux regain their Ligue 1 standing, with the Lion Cubs struggling within the second-tier of French soccer since struggling relegation in 2014.