Official: Udinese complete signing of 2020 Super Eagles invitee on long-term deal

The Zebras’ love for gamers of Nigerian descent is displaying no indicators of waning any time quickly following the addition of the previous FC Cologne ace

Udinese have, with a press release on their official web site, introduced the everlasting signing of Kingsley Ehizibue from FC Cologne.

Ehizibue has put pen to paper on a four-year contract that can preserve him with the Little Zebras till the summer season of 2026. There may be an possibility to increase for an additional 12 months even when Udinese didn’t disclose the monetary particulars of the transaction.

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With the switch, Ehizibue ends his three-year keep at FC Cologne, having joined the German Bundesliga facet in 2019 from Dutch membership PEC Zwolle for €2 million.

Predominantly a proper full-back, Ehizibue is blessed with glorious method and an incredible athletic construct making it snug for him to additionally play for granted winger.

The 27-year-old made a complete of 76 appearances for Cologne throughout all competitions.

This season, he has featured as soon as every within the Bundesliga, the UEFA Convention League qualifiers, and the DFB-Pokal.

Born in Munich, Germany, and raised within the Netherlands, Ehizibue has one cap for the Dutch under-21 nationwide group.

The versatile defender, nonetheless, earned a primary call-up to the Nigerian nationwide group in March 2020 alongside Belgian-born ahead Cyriel Dessers. Gernot Rohr, the Tremendous Eagles coach then, wished Ehizibue to be part of the group gamers to commerce tackles with Sierra Leone in a Nations Cup qualifier.

Whereas Dessers has gone on to play and rating for the Tremendous Eagles, Ehizibue is but to characteristic for the three-time African champions.

At Udinese, Ehizibue will group up with Nigerian ahead Isaac Success and Nigerian descent Future Udogie, who’s on mortgage from Premier League facet Tottenham Hotspur.