Maduka Okoye is in confident mood heading into his second season with Serie A club, Udinese.
Okoye linked up with Udinese from Sky Bet Championship club Watford last summer.
The 24-year-old was second choice behind Marco Silvestri in his early days at the club.
The Nigeria later became the Zebras first choice goalkeeper and played a crucial role in their fight against relegation.
“As soon as I step on the pitch, I am always confident. But, of course, there are good and bad days. The art is to have as many good days as possible and less mistakes. Therefore, I am glad to have Sergio Macron as my goalkeeping coach,”Okoye told Tribal Football.
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“My skill set after one year working under him is already much wider, he’s going into every little detail of my goalkeeping and makes sure that there’s improvement every day.”
Okoye was born in Dusseldorf to a Nigerian father and German mother.
Though he was eligible to represent Nigeria and Germany, he opted to play for the former.
“Yes, it has been always Nigeria for me, a childhood dream playing for the Super Eagles. Yes, Lutz played a big part in that… he was in good contact with Nigeria’s former coach Gernot Rohr; he opened that door for me,” Okoye added.
“With Rohr I had a fantastic coach in my early years as a Super Eagle, I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunities he gave me in that time!”
By Adeboye Amosu
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Our future keep improving. I like your confidence!
@Kenny Okoye is the best, forget the rest. He is returning to number one. That Uzoho no sabi at all but Nwabili dey try small.