<p>The right-wing back had a blistering performance, scoring the second goal of the game in the 51st minute before he was taken off with 20 minutes left to spare.</p>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Kingsley Ehizibue is the Panini Player of the Match for <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UdineseTorino?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UdineseTorino</a>! 🏆 <a href=”https://t.co/mwPLVO0qEu”>pic.twitter.com/mwPLVO0qEu</a></p>— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) <a href=”https://twitter.com/SerieA_EN/status/2050604547756753035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 2, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p>The fixture also marked Maduka Okoye’s ninth clean sheet of the 2025/2026 Serie A season.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading”>Super Eagles: Who is Kingsley Ehizibue</h2>
<p>Kingsley Osezele Ehizibue was born on the 25th of May, 1995, in Munich, Germany, to Nigerian parents, although they all moved to the Netherlands when Kingsley turned two.</p>
<p>As such, he’s eligible to play for any of the three nations, although he represented Les Oranje at the youth level. At the senior level, he remains uncapped for any country.</p>
<p>Ehizibue’s professional journey began in the Netherlands. He made his senior breakthrough with PEC Zwolle, where he played over 130 games, scoring nine goals and providing 16 assists.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full”><img decoding=”async” width=”3543″ height=”2362″ src=”https://www.afrik-foot.com/en-ng/thumbor/MEomPFahAvgvVfVK848y5ANNhDg=/3543×2362/smart/filters:format(webp)/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.afrik-foot.com%2Fen-ng%2F2026%2F05%2Fimago48453234.jpg” alt=”Tolu Arokodare 1.FC Köln, Video analyst Hannes Dold and Kingsley Ehizibue” class=”wp-image-914192″/><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Tolu Arokodare 1. FC Köln, Video analyst Hannes Dold and Kingsley Ehizibue. Copyright: Imago</figcaption></figure>
<p>His performances earned a 2 million euro move to 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga, where he was teammates with Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full”><img decoding=”async” width=”4929″ height=”3290″ src=”https://www.afrik-foot.com/en-ng/thumbor/uo8E-n6a2lk9y4yi3SdT65rO9Wc=/4929×3290/smart/filters:format(webp)/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.afrik-foot.com%2Fen-ng%2F2026%2F02%2Fimago1066150572.jpg” alt=”Tolu Arokodare and Bruno Onyemaechi during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Amavubi of Rwanda” class=”wp-image-904549″/><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Tolu Arokodare and Bruno Onyemaechi during the qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Rwanda. Photo by IMAGO</figcaption></figure>
<p>During his time at FC Koln, Ehizibue was invited to Nigeria’s squad for the AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone in November 2020.</p>
<p>Across both games, Ehizibue wasn’t named on the bench for the Super Eagles, and since then, he hasn’t gotten a call-up.</p>
<p>He’s gone on to thrive in Udinese since then, <a href=”https://www.fotmob.com/players/586474/kingsley-ehizibue” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>playing over 100 games</a> and scoring four goals.</p>
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