Portuguese club signs 19-year-old Nigeria-born footballer Yaqub Usman-Malah
By Jeffrey Agbo
Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah.
The official unveiling of the promising footballer was held on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian talent with unquantifiable promise and potential.
Prior 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, culminating in 2, 270 minutes of on-field action.
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A clear testimony of his outstanding performance at the Academy was provided by the lead coach of the Under-17B team Yaqub played with.
The lead coach, Tomasz Wasylik, described Yaqub as a “well-liked person” and a role model to his teammates due to his professionalism and unmatched work rate.
Wasylik further stated that 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 Wasylik 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, Usman Malah, said in a statement issued to the media on Wednesday.
