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Is Nigerian Goalkeeper the 'Oldest' 19-Year-Old at #WorldCup2018?

Football fans have trolled Super Eagles goalkeeper Francis Odinaka Uzoho, whose official age is 19 years, but who in the in the eyes of the online world, looks much older. Uzoho was born on October 28, 1998. At the age of 14 he was part of the team that won the 2013 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. On October 15, 2017, he made his debut for Deportivo against Eibar, becoming the youngest foreign goalkeeper in the Spanish First Division.

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