Super Eagles of Nigeria defender and Alanyaspor Football Club of Turkey Kenneth Omeruo is set to organise a novelty football match to give back to the community where the former Standard Liege Football Club of Belgium started his football career.
The event will kick off on December 28 to 1st of January 2017 at Kado Village Life Camp, Abuja.
The former Chelsea Football Club of England and Middlesbrough disclosed this to Felele247.com before travelling to Lagos to honour Asisat Oshoala’s U-18 invitational football competition will hold on Monday, December 26.
I decided to do this for my community because that where I started from and it going to be a yearly event”
As a footballer you need to do this for upcoming talent for them to be discover by football clubs in Nigeria and European clubs
Omeruo had spells at Sunshine Stars and Anderlecht as a trailist before he was signed from the Anderlecht academy by Standard Liège.
In January 2012, Chelsea signed Omeruo from Liège and immediately loaned him out to Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag and In May 2014 Nigeria World Cup-bound Omeruo agreed a new three-year contract with Chelsea.
Omeruo played for the Nigerian Under-20 team that reached the quarter-finals at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
On 9 January 2013, at the age of 19 he played for the senior team for the first time in a goalless draw against Cape Verde. He then went on to play in all of Nigeria’s matches at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as Nigeria went on to win the competition for the third time.
Later that year he was selected for Nigeria’s squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and played in all of the three group games as Nigeria finished third in their group.
Omeuro was named in Nigeria’s final squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all four games as Nigeria finished second in their group and were eliminated by France at the Round of 16.
He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[26] but did not make the final 18- man squad.
On 31 August 2016, after he served out for Kasımpaşa, Omeruo joined Alanyaspor on a season-long loan. He was given the number 44. On 10 September 2016, Omeruo made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Gençlerbirliği.
On 31 August 2016, Omeruo signed a one-year contract extension until 2019, before leaving on loan again
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