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The Tremendous Eagles winger added a silver medal to the bronze he received on the 2019 version of the continental championship
Nigeria worldwide Samuel Chukuweze has returned to Italy after serving to the Tremendous Eagles end as runners-up on the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, Soccernet.ng stories.
Chukwueze featured in 5 of Nigeria’s seven video games because the three-time winners reached the ultimate of the continental championship for the primary time in eleven years.
The 24-year-old winger began within the victories over Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau within the group levels and in addition within the last, the place Nigeria misplaced 2-1 to the host nation.
The previous Villarreal star was a substitute within the matches in opposition to Equatorial Guinea and South Africa, whereas he was an unused sub within the conferences with Cameroon and Angola.
After claiming a bronze medal on the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, Chukwueze will happy so as to add a silver medal to his trophy cupboard regardless of the frustration of dropping the trophy to Cote d’Ivoire.
On Tuesday, Chukwueze was additionally awarded one of many highest honours within the land – Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) – alongside his Tremendous Eagles teammates by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
After the ceremony on the State Home in Abuja, Chukwueze headed straight to Italy, and he joined up together with his AC Milan teammates on Wednesday.
On arriving on the membership’s coaching floor, Chukwueze was welcomed with appreciative applause, with Portuguese famous person Rafael Leao significantly happy to obtain the Nigerian star.
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Leao ran as much as hug Chukwueze earlier than others joined in welcoming the Tremendous Eagles winger again from Africa.
AC Milan will host French facet Rennes within the UEFA Europa League knockout spherical on Thursday, a recreation which can come too quickly for Chukwueze.
Chukwueze will, nonetheless, look to be able to get again into the thick of motion for the San Siro giants after they make the journey to face Monza on Sunday.
