Super
Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho was sent off Anorthosis Famagusta’s 3-0 home
win over Alki Oroklinis in a relegation play-off clash in Cyprus.
The sending off was the first
expulsion of Uzoho’s career. The Nigerian shot-stopper was sent off in the 23rd
minute by referee Giorgos Nicolaou.
Vincent
Bessat, Michal Duris and Danijel Pranjic secured a comfortable win for ten-man
Anorthosis Famagusta.
The Nigerian international
will miss Anorthosis next three
games against Ermis Aradippou, Enosis Paralimni and Pafos FC.
He has made three appearances
for the club he joined on a six months loan deal from Deportivo La Coruna.
He spent the first half of the
season at Elche, where he made 11 appearances for the Spanish second-tier club
in all competitions conceding 12 goals. He also kept four clean sheets.
Capped 13 times by Nigeria,
Uzoho played all three matches as the Super Eagles exited the 2018 World Cup in
the group stage.
In October 2017, Uzoho became
the youngest foreign goalkeeper to ever play in La Liga and marked a memorable
Deportivo La Coruna debut with a clean sheet.
Uzoho was part of the
victorious Nigeria squad at the 2013 Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab
Emirates, albeit without playing a single minute at the tournament.
He arrived at Deportivo from
Qatar’s Aspire Academy in January 2017.
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