Flying Eagles goalkeeper, Dele Alampasu, has finally moved overseas after superlative showings for his country’s youth teams.
Alampasu signed for Portuguese top flight outfit Estoril Praia on Monday, sl10.ng reports.
The goalkeeper, who turned 18 in December, was excellent when Nigeria won its fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup two years ago in United Arab Emirates, pulling off several saves in the tournament.
He was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament, winning the Golden Glove.
He has thus joined several of his team-mates from that schoolboy team – Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Success, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Ezeh, Chidiebere Nwakali, Taiwo Awoniyi and Aliyu Abubakar – who have moved to Europe.