Former Nigeria U17 trainee Ovie Ejaria has joined newly promoted LaLiga side Real Oviedo on a two year deal after a successful trial period which lasted for weeks, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ejaria has been without a club for two years since leaving English Championship side Reading, no thanks to a series of injury and fitness issues which were also followed by allegations of indiscipline
He had trials at Plymouth last season but wasn’t handed a deal. In August last year he was also in Egypt where he trained with top league side Zamalek in his bid to bag a deal but it was unsuccessful.
A midfielder who is blessed with the ability to use the ball very well, he did enough to convince coach Veljko Paunovic to hand him a deal at Oviedo, and will be hoping that the move will help put his career back on track. The coach was the one who gave him his major career breakthrough at Reading when he was at the helm from 2020-2022.
The 27 year old trained with the Nigeria U17 team of 2013, while on the books of Arsenal. He has past experience with Liverpool’s youth teams, Sunderland, Rangers, and Reading.
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