Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu, is proud of his career and grateful to God for what he has been able to achieve through football.
Ogu is one of the successful Nigerian players to ever play in the Israeli league, winning three successive league titles, the 2017 Israeli Cup as well as lifting the Israeli Super Cup twice with Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
Ogu also made 190 Hapoel appearances, scoring 18 goals and providing 10 assists, before he joined Saudi Arabia side Aladalah FC in January.
On the International scene, Ogu has two goals in 24 matches for Nigeria and has played in three major tournaments for the country.
He played in all three of their group matches at the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup, he was part of the Super Eagles squad at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and also won a Bronze medal for Nigeria in 2019 African cup of Nations in Egypt.
However, despite the lack of opportunities to play for the bigger clubs, Ogu is adamant that his career has been a good one.
“I live for this, I work hard to be where I am not to let anyone look down on me”.
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“I believe in myself and am so proud of the career God had chosen for me ”, he said in a social media post with a video of his goals for the Super Eagles.