Francis Uzoho - wikipedia Francis Uzoho Francis Uzoho Uzoho playing for Nigeria in a friendly match against Argentina in 2017. Full name Francis Odinaka Uzoho Date of birth ( 1998 - 10 - 28 ) 28 October 1998 ( age 19 ) Place of birth Nwangele, Imo State, Nigeria Height 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current team Deportivo La Coruña Number 26 Youth career 2013 -- 2016 Aspire Academy 2017 Deportivo La Coruña Senior career * Years Team Apps ( Gls ) 2017 -- Deportivo B 24 ( 0 ) 2017 -- Deportivo La Coruña ( 0 ) National team Nigeria U17 2017 -- Nigeria 7 ( 0 ) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 : 54, 11 May 2018 ( UTC ) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 : 53, 16 June 2018 ( UTC ) Francis Odinaka Uzoho ( born 28 October 1998 ), known simply as Francis in Spain, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña as a goalkeeper. Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links Club career Born in Nwangele, Uzoho joined Qatari Aspire Academy in 2013, aged 14 ; initially a forward, he was converted into a goalkeeper after being deemed `` too slow '' at the age of 12. In 2016, after impressing on a tournament in Barcelona, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña 's Juvenil squad. Age rules meant that Uzoho could only become available to sign a contract with Dépor in January 2017 ; shortly after signing his contract, he started to train with the first team. Promoted to the reserve team ahead of the 2017 -- 18 season, he made his senior debut on 10 September by starting in a 3 -- 0 Segunda División B home win against Real Madrid Castilla. Uzoho made his first team -- and La Liga -- debut on 15 October 2017, starting in a 0 -- 0 away draw against SD Eibar. At the age of 18 years and 352 days, he became the youngest ever foreign goalkeeper to debut in La Liga, and the second - youngest player to appear in the league during the campaign, only behind Real Madrid 's Achraf Hakimi. International career Uzoho represented Nigeria under - 17s at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Aged only 14, he was an immediate backup to Dele Alampasu. In October 2017 Uzoho received his first call - up to the Nigerian senior squad. He made his full international debut on 14 November, replacing Daniel Akpeyi in a 4 -- 2 friendly win against Argentina. He was named in Nigeria 's 23 - man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. By that time he was considered Nigeria 's first - choice goalkeeper. References ^ Jump up to : `` Profile '' ( in Spanish ). Deportivo La Coruña. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Francis Uzoho ''. National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack - Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Amunike avala a Francis '' ( Amunike rates Francis ) ( in Spanish ). La Voz de Galicia. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Francis Uzoho : `` A veces extraño jugar en punta '' '' ( Francis Uzoho : `` Sometimes I miss playing up front '' ) ( in Spanish ). La Voz de Galicia. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` El Dépor ficha al nigeriano Francis Uzoho '' ( Dépor sign the Nigerian Francis Uzoho ) ( in Spanish ). Riazor. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Una promesa nigeriana se entrena con el primer equipo del Deportivo '' ( A Nigerian prospect trains with the first team of Deportivo ) ( in Spanish ). La Voz de Galicia. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` El Castilla sucumbe ante el Depor en tan solo veinte minutos '' ( Castilla fall against Depor within only twenty minutes ) ( in Spanish ). Diario AS. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Eibar - Dépor will be remembered for Francis ' debut ''. Deportivo La Coruña. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : Oluwashina Okeleji ( 16 October 2017 ). `` Nigerian Uzoho revels in historic La Liga debut ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` El portero del Deportivo Francis Uzoho entra en la historia de LaLiga '' ( Deportivo goalkeeper Francis Uzoho goes into LaLiga 's history ) ( in Spanish ). Marca. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nigerian - born teenage goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho makes La Liga debut ''. Daily Post. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017. Jump up ^ Oluwashina Okeleji ( 5 November 2017 ). `` Deportivo goalkeeper Uzoho delight at Nigeria call - up ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Argentina 2 - 4 Nigeria : Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi scores twice as Super Eagles win friendly in Russia ''. Daily Mail. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44346451 Jump up ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44438050 External links Francis Uzoho at BDFutbol Francis Uzoho at La Preferente ( in Spanish ) Francis Uzoho at Soccerway hide Deportivo de La Coruña -- current squad 1 Tytoń 2 Juanfran 3 Navarro 4 Bóveda 5 Mosquera ( c ) 6 Albentosa 7 Lucas 8 Çolak 9 Cartabia 10 Andone 11 Gil 12 Sidnei 13 Rubén 14 Krohn - Dehli 15 Adrián 16 Luisinho 17 Valverde 18 Bakkali 19 Valle 20 Guilherme 21 Muntari 22 Borges 23 Valentín 24 Schär 26 Francis Manager : González hide Nigeria squad -- 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Ezenwa 2 Idowu 3 Echiéjilé 4 Ndidi 5 Troost - Ekong 6 Balogun 7 Musa 8 Etebo 9 Ighalo 10 Mikel ( c ) 11 Moses 12 Abdullahi 13 Simy 14 Iheanacho 15 Obi 16 Akpeyi 17 Onazi 18 Iwobi 19 Ogu 20 Awaziem 21 Ebuehi 22 Omeruo 23 Uzoho Coach : Rohr Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Uzoho&oldid=846575610 '' Categories : 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Imo State Nigerian footballers Association football goalkeepers Aspire Academy players La Liga players Segunda División B players Deportivo de La Coruña B players Deportivo de La Coruña players Nigeria youth international footballers Nigeria international footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriates in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Qatar Nigerian expatriates in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup players Hidden categories : CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) NFT template with ID same as Wikidata Use dmy dates from June 2018 BDFutbol template with ID same as Wikidata Articles with Spanish - language external links Soccerway template with ID same as Wikidata Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Français Galego Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Українська 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 19 June 2018, at 16 : 23 ( UTC ). 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Answer: Francis Odinaka Uzoho