Top division Argentina side Deportivo Riestra have announced the signing of 24 year old Nigerian winger Johnson Kalu Nsumoh on a free transfer, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
He met his new teammates at Speed Camp after a routine medical upon the completion of a routine medical earlier today. He spent the last year playing for OFK Baník Lehota in the Slovenian second division.
His contract will run till December 2026. He signed his contract and was registered with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) on January 26, before the transfer window closed.
The process to obtain his work visa took more than two months, until Nsumoh was finally able to arrive in the country.
Nsumoh will be the second African player in the club’s history to wear the Malevo jersey, following the time in the youth teams, in 1986, of Juan Carlos Ecomba, who was born in Equatorial Guinea.
At national level he is the third Nigerian player to reach the Argentine First Division, following in the footsteps of Félix Orode at San Lorenzo de Almagro and Okikiola Afolabi at Talleres.
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