The son of former Nigeria international Dickson Etuhu has signed his first professional deal with English side Blackpool, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
He will link up with Matthew Blinkhorn’s Under-18’s as they continue pre-season preparations. Etuhu, who is a winger, joins the Seasiders from Accrington Stanley’s academy where he spent his youth career.
Matthew Blinkhorn on the new scholars:
“We are excited to work with Zaccai, he is a player who can make things happen in 1v1 situations. He has the potential physically to become a real handful once he gets up to speed within our programme”.
His father picked up 19 senior caps for Nigeria starting from the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, he was also a member of the team that went to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
He declined an invitation to be a part of the team in 2011 under former coach Samson Siasia due to some differences, bringing a temporary halt to his international career.
The same year he honored a call up by late coach Stephen Keshi, and played in a couple of friendly games before calling time on his international career.
At club level, he played for Manchester City, Norwich City, Sunderland, Fulham, Blackburn Rovers among others.
