Youngster of Nigeria Descent makes first team debut after signing more than a year ago

West Ham United teen of Nigerian descent Armstrong Okoflex made his long-awaited debut for the Hammers as they thrashed Viborg FF 3-0 to progress to the UEFA Europa Convention League group stage yesterday, August 25.

The highly-rated winger made his aggressive debut for the London-based membership 4 hundred and twenty six days after his arrival from Glasgow Celtic, having formally joined the Premier League aspect on June 25, 2021.

Previous to his senior debut in opposition to the Danish Superlia aspect, Okoflex acquired fourteen call-ups for first workforce video games performed by West Ham however wasn’t utilized off the bench by supervisor David Moyes

The Irish-Nigerian wonderkid changed Argentine midfielder Manuel Lanzini with eight minutes left on the clock on the Energi Viborg Enviornment turf.

West Ham booked their place within the UECL group stage after a 3-0 win, courtesy of objectives from Gianluca Scamacca,  Saïd Benrahma and Tomáš Souček.

The 20-year-old Okoflex has been one of many standout gamers for West Ham’s growth squad ever since he arrived the membership, ending the 2021-2022 season as their high scorer with 18 objectives in twenty 9 appearances throughout all competitions.

Throughout his time as a participant of Celtic, he made his skilled debut in opposition to Hibernian in January 2021.