Fresh from scoring a dramatic late winner for Liverpool in their 3-2 win over Newcastle United Rio Ngumoha as expected is the face on all leading tabloids in England, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
16 year old Rio announced his arrival to senior football with a late winner in the five goal thriller, after his team threw away a two goal lead prior to his introduction as a substitute.
He was on hand to end the the in favour of his team with a calm finish with was virtually the last kick of the game at St. James Park yesterday. It is a debut to remember for the winger.
Born to parents of Nigerian descent, the admin of Liverpool in a post on their official account on Instagram tagged his performance using a popular Nigerian word “Agba Baller” which is in Yoruba language and it means Big Baller. They followed it up with pidgin English sentence ” Rio Ngumoha don land” which means Rio Ngumoha has arrived.
Capped by England at various youth levels, he is still eligible to play for Nigeria without a senior national team debut, after speaking glowingly about his Nigerian roots during his days with the Chelsea Academy.
” My father is a Nigerian and I am well grounded on the culture, the food and the music. I also follow the senior national team like everyone associated with the country”, he said while feeding questions on his roots and if he follows the Super Eagles at the AFCON.
