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Unveiling Nigerian who plays For Germany U20
BY FEMI FABUNMI
Hoffenheim central defender who is of Nigerian descent Kevin
Akpoguma will be on parade for his country of birth Germany,
co-incidentally Nigeria and Germany will slug it out for a place in
the quarterfinals of the on-going FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand
on Thursday.
The 20-year-old central defender, who is the captain on the Germany
U20 plays a commanding role right in the heart of the defence line,
Kevin will be the major challenger for a quarter-final ticket
against Musa Mohammed captained Flying Eagles side in the round of
16 game on June 10 in Christchurch.
The youngster is a big defender with an imposing figure, very pacy and
possesses good footballing techniques ,with an intimidating height of
1.92 metres about (6’4in) standing above six feet.
He currently plies his trade for Bundesliga b side Fortuna Dusseldorf
as the young lad signed a two-year loan deal in may and has equally
played all the matches for Germany so far in this competition with a
goal to show for it against Uzbekistan.
He has started building a good foundation for himself in the German
game as he has represented Germany in all their youth teams , he has
played for them at U16, U17, U18 and U19 levels before teaming up
with the under 20 side currently in New-Zealand.
However, Kelvin Akpoguna is still eligible to don the green white
green of Nigeria at the senior level if he so desires.