*Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded 1956, signs an official contract with Yaqub Usman-Malah, a young and talented United Kingdom-based Nigerian footballer

Alexander Davis | 绿帽献妻

Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded 1956, has signed an official contract with Yaqub Usman-Malah, a United Kingdom-based highly-talented, young Nigeria-born footballer.

The official unveiling of the young and promising footballer took place Saturday, January 4, 2025.

Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian talent with unquantifiable promise and potential.

Prior to his official contract with Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, he was a student and trainee player with the Brooke College Football Academy, in the United Kingdom (UK).

At Brooke College Football Academy, Yaqub had an impressive goal average of 17 goals in 32 matches with no injuries in 116 training days, cumulating in 2, 270 minutes of on-field action.

A clear testimony of his outstanding performance at the Academy was provided by the lead coach of the Under-17B team Yaqub played with.

In his remarks about Yaqub’s exploit, Tomasz Wasylik, the lead coach, described him as a ‘well-liked person’ and role model to his teammates due to his professionalism and unmatched work rate.

Wasylik also stated that Yaqub has played in National School Cup competitions against other colleges and programmes in the 2023/2024 session, and he is a good ‘tactical player’, ‘technically good” and can ‘play in multiple positions on the field.’

It is expected that Yaqub will live to the potential and promise identified by Coach Wasylik of the Brooke College Football Academy and achieve greatness in his new club.

Mr. Usman Malah, Yaqub’s father, in a statement issued Wednesday, January 8, 2025, also said: “While looking forward to the display of his unarguable skills and boundless stamina, we wish Yaqub a successful career and a place in the halls of football greatness across the globe.”