Former Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama eyes NPFL return, targets hometown club

The previous Lille LOSC shot-stopper give up energetic skilled soccer almost half a decade in the past following an extremely profitable profession overseas

Two-time CAF Champions League winner Vincent Enyeama has hinted at the potential for making a sensational return to the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League 17 years after leaving the native scene.

Enyeama made his breakthrough at Ibom Stars earlier than becoming a member of Enyimba in 2001. The goalkeeper received three league titles and two continental honours with the Aba Elephants.

He spent one other 12 months at Iwuanyanwu Nationale earlier than leaving for Israel in 2005 to group up with Bnei Yehuda.

13 years of unbelievable European success ended when Enyeama performed his final match for French facet Lille II in 2018.

4 years after, although, the previous Hapoel Tel Aviv goalie is trying to return to aggressive soccer.

Enyeama, who turned 40 final week, confesses a need to play for any NPFL membership totally free, his favorite being Akwa United.

“It’s actually fascinating, sure it’s, and I miss soccer,” Enyeama mentioned in an interview on Uyo’s Consolation 95.1 FM, as per Fagenwa Sanni.

“So I want to return to it, first with a group right here in France, as a result of I skilled right here in Lille and again after I was in Akwa Ibom.

“And I’ll come again to Nigeria subsequent 12 months. So if Akwa United wants a goalkeeper for 4-5 months, sure, I’ve the chance to play totally free.”

One in all Nigeria’s greatest-ever goalkeepers, Enyeama was named the IFFHS CAF Males’s Workforce of the Decade between 2011 and 2020.

In 2020, the previous Maccabi Tel Aviv goalie took up the position of a goalkeeper coach with French Nationwide 3 membership facet Iris Membership de Croix.