Uzoho – I Am Not In Competition With Akpeyi Or Ezenwa, Maduka Okoye Is My Main Rival In Super Eagles

Nigeria international goalkeeper Francis Uzoho says he is not in competition with the duo of Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Daniel Akpeyi rather he is in a battle with Maduka Okoye for the number one spot of the senior national team of Nigeria.

Uzoho who has alternated his role as first choice with the duo says he doesn’t see them as his competitors because they are way older than him. He said it’s Okoye who is about his age that he sees as his threat of becoming the first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria.

Okoye has just one cap for Nigeria but Uzoho said he has seen enough in training to suggest that the 20 year old who is close to joining Sparta Rotterdam on a free transfer from Fortuna Dusseldorf has what it takes to upstage him.

“It is different. I am a young guy and still have a long way to go. Daniel (Akpeyi) is thirty-two years old and Ezenwa is thirty so they are not going to be there for a long time. That is why I was a little less worried”, he said.


“Assuming it was, say, Maduka (Okoye) or someone else within my age that stripped me of my position I would have been more bothered.

“Maduka is close to my age. If he was the one that stripped me, I would have been a bit more worried because of the competition. I am not saying Daniel and Ezenwa are not competition, but they are above 30 so I have enough time to play my game and get my shirt back,” Uzoho concluded.