Daily Mail · Jan 11, 2022
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Kelechi Iheanacho was 13 when he made his debut in the shirt of Nigeria. Later, he won the Golden Ball at the Under 17 World Cup, and was voted Most Promising Talent by the Confederation of African Football.
That was 2013. The boy from Owerri in Nigeria’s south east signed for Leicester in 2017.
No less Nigerian, Wilfred Ndidi hails from the biggest city, Lagos. He was picked by his country at Under 17 and Under 20 level and made his senior debut against DR Congo on October 8, 2015, roughly 15 months before he played his first game for Leicester, against Everton in the FA Cup.