Francis Uzoho who was playing as a keeper in the 2018 Russia World Cup match during their game with Croatia has been a subject of social media memes.
After losing to Croatia (2-0), Uzoho has been viewed to be older than his age 19 years which is indeed official.
According to FIFA the Spanish La Liga side Deportivo de La Coruña player was born on on October 28, 1998 . He started off his career in Qatar before he was converted into a keeper at the age of about 12 years.
He was part of the team that won the 2013 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates at the age of 14 years.
He broke a Spanish First Division record on 15th October , 2017 when he became the youngest foreigner to play for Deportivo against Eibar
Twitter feed
Meet the "19 year-old teenager" who is Nigeria's #WorldCup Goalkeeper!
I think I'm 7 years old right now! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/QeHiF6HJXh
— Ciku 🇰🇪 (@Ciku_Muriithi) June 17, 2018
Uzoho is the oldest looking 19 year old I've ever seen
— kenna (@kennagq) June 16, 2018
Nigeria have the youngest squad at the World Cup,
Francis Uzoho is the youngest GK at the World Cup 🏆 someone that was 18 in 2004 is 19 in 2018 #ThisIsNigeria
— Cynthia_Chioma_Okeke (@CynthiaChiomaO2) June 7, 2018
Thierry Henry at 19 and Francis Odinaka Uzoho at 19. In Africa we eat good food ama aje @shyolympia pic.twitter.com/HzKMAK4RoE
— Philip Etale (@EtalePhilip) June 16, 2018
