The decision of Danish side FC Midtjylland to hand a five year deal to young Nigerian goalkeeper Mark Ugboh has been explained by the goalkepper coach of the team.
Ugboh was handed fresh terms and also officially promoted to the first team although he will continue to play games for the U19, where he presently kept five clean sheets in seven games. Helping the team to five wins and a draw.
Goalkeeper coach Lasse Heinze sees a great light in Mark Ugboh, and it is now FCM’s task to take him to the next step.
“Mark has developed a lot in the last six months. There is still a long way to go, but when he came up here, he had never been given a goalkeeping role before. All the things he possessed were all something he had learned himself. Some of those things are not something you just learn. In the past year, we have focused particularly on his technical level, and he has really embraced that, and he is moving all the time.
“We believe in him, just as we believe in all our other goalkeepers from the academy. Now we need to have further developed Mark, so that hopefully one day he will play matches inside the MCH Arena. He is a calm goalkeeper who, despite his young age, looks like someone who has been in goal all his life. He is an offensive-minded goalkeeper and he has many of the basic things we want to see from our keepers”, he concluded.
Responding to the praises Ugboh said he is indeed excited at what the future holds and look forward to continue learning in order to be the best he can be
“It really is a great privilege to train with the first team. When I came here I didn’t think it would go so fast and I’m really happy with the improvements I’ve made. At the same time, I am incredibly proud to have signed a new contract”, he said.
“I am part of a goalkeeping team with two incredibly strong goalkeepers, and I can learn a lot from them. During training they do well and I try to copy them. I’m sure I’ll get even better from training with them”, he concluded.
