Victor Ezeja
Yaqub Usman-Malah, a young Nigerian football player based in the United Kingdom, has officially signed a contract with the Portuguese football club Brito Sporting Club.
The young, talented football player was formally unveiled on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian talent with unquantifiable promise and potential.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelPrior to his official contract with Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, he was a student and a trainee player with the Brooke College Football Academy in the United Kingdom.
At Brooke College Football Academy, Yaqub had an impressive goal average of 17 goals in 32 matches with no injuries in 116 training days, cumulating into 2, 270 minutes of on-field action.
Lead coach of the Under-17B team Yaqub played, Tomasz Wasylik, gave a heartfelt testimonial to his exceptional accomplishment at the Academy.
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Wasylik described Yaqub as a ‘well-liked person’ and a role model to his teammates due to his professionalism and unmatched work rate.
According to the Lead Coach Yaqub has played in National School Cup competitions against other colleges and programmes in the 2023/2024 session and is a good ‘tactical player’, ‘technically good” and can ‘play in multiple positions on the field’.
It is expected that Yaqub will live to the potential and promise identified by Coach Tomasz Wasylik of the Brooke College Football Academy and achieve greatness in his new club.
“While looking forward to the display of his unarguable skills and boundless stamina, we wish Yaqub a successful career and a place in the halls of football greatness across the globe,” Yaqub’s father, Mr Usman Malah said in a statement on Wednesday.
