Nigeria international, Igoh Ogbu was included in the Europa League Team of the Week for his performance for Slavia Prague on Thursday night.
The former Flying Eagles defender scored in the 7th minute to double Slavia Prague’s lead.
Ogbu scored in Slavia Prague’s 6-0 win against FC Sheriff in Group G is the 23-year-old’s second goal in the group stage after also scoring in the win against Servette on match day one.
Following his display, whoscored.com included Ogbu in their best 11.
Also in the list are former Spain and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina and West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta.
Ogbu was a member of the Flying Eagles squad that featured at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.
He started his career with Gombe United in Nigeria, before joining Norwegian club Rosenborg in February 2018, where he signed a four-year contract.
He had loan spells with Levanger and Sogndal and joined the latter permanently in June 2020. On 29 January 2021, he joined Lillestrøm on a five-year contract.
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