Victor Ehuwa Eletu just signed his first professional contract, bringing a new name into the limelight of AC Milan’s youthful prospects.
Eletu has played a significant role in Ignazio Abate’s Primavera team so far, making 19 appearances in all leagues this season.
In Nigeria this week, Eletu has taken over as the most talked-about subject.
Soccernet.ng lists ten facts about Victor Eletu that you may not know in order to shed light on the mystery surrounding his identity.
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- ELetu is from Lagos Nigeria
- The Young star was born in April, 2005
- The 17-year-old began his career at Prince Kazeem Eletu Academy in Lagos, Nigeria.
- In 2018, the 17-year-old was awarded a scholarship at AC Milan’s football academy to pursue his ambition of becoming a professional football player.
- Eletu is a right-footed player who can play as a box-to-box midfielder or defensive midfielder different situations.
- Eletu is presently considered one of the top young midfielders in Europe, not only in Italy.
- He has previously participated in the UEFA Youth League, Italian Primavera, Coppa Italia Primavera, Campionato Nazionale, and the Viareggio Cup for Milan’s age-grade teams.
- The midfielder captained AC Milan’s U-19 squad for the 2022–23 season in July after participating in preseason practices with the main team.
- His capabilities are long balls, tight-space dribbling, vision, speed, endurance, and power in one-on-one contests.
- Eletu’s trajectory may enable him to equal or perhaps exceed the accomplishments of people like John Mikel Obi, Sunday Oliseh, and Mutiu Adepoju.
You got the No.5 wrong, he is not a right footed player but left footed.