Portugal Football Club Signs on 19-Year-Old Nigerian- born Footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah

<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal"><b>Portugal Football Club<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal"><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal"><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Brito Sporting Club of Portugal&comma; a football club founded in 1956&comma; has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based highly-talented&comma; young Nigeria-born footballer&comma; Yaqub Usman-Malah&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">The official unveiling of the young promising footballer was carried out on Saturday&comma; January 4&comma; 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">Yaqub&comma; born in Nigeria in 2006&comma; is a budding Nigerian talent with unquantifiable promise and potential&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">Prior to his official contract with Brito Sporting Club of Portugal&comma; he was a student and a trainee player with the Brooke College Football Academy in the United Kingdom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">At Brooke College Football Academy&comma; Yaqub had an impressive goal average of 17 goals in 32 matches with no injuries in 116 training days&comma; cumulating into 2&comma; 270 minutes of on-field action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">A clear testimony of his outstanding performance at the Academy was provided by the lead coach of the Under-17B team Yaqub played with&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">The lead coach&comma; Tomasz Wasylik&comma; described Yaqub as a &&num;8216&semi;well-liked person&&num;8217&semi; and a role model to his teammates due to his professionalism and unmatched work rate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">The Lead Coach further stated that Yaqub has played in National School Cup competitions against other colleges and programmes in the 2023&sol;2024 session and is a good &&num;8216&semi;tactical player&&num;8217&semi;&comma; &&num;8216&semi;technically good&&num;8221&semi; and can &&num;8216&semi;play in multiple positions on the field&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">It is expected that Yaqub will live to the potential and promise identified by Coach Tomasz Wasylik of the Brooke College Football Academy and achieve greatness in his new club&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"yiv1091831493MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;<em><strong>While looking forward to the display of his unarguable skills and boundless stamina&comma; we wish Yaqub a successful career and a place in the halls of football greatness across the globe&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>Yaqub&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; Mr Usman Malah said in a statement issued to the media&comma; on Wednesday 8&comma; 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;