Chinonso Eche: 11-year-old freestyler from Warri with amazing skills
- Chinonso Eche is an 11-year-old football freestyler with many entertaining skills
- The young athlete said he is the best from Warri and hopes to play for bigger teams
- Eche said he entertains his friends and wakes up every morning to practice before school
Nigeria is full of youngsters who are doing amazing things that reflect the great potential of the country. Chinonso Eche is an 11-year-old football freestyler who has so many entertaining skills.
He said he went into freestyling at the age of eight when his dad showed him some video of Okocha, Messi and Ronadilnho, BBC Sport reports.
The young boy, who prides himself as the best in the freestyling game in Warri, said after seeing the videos, he immediately started practicing.
To ensure he remains at the top of his game, he said he wakes up every day at 4:30am to practice before he sets out for school.
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You would think that is enough training time to keep in shape, but the boy said after school, he goes to the field to play football with his teammates.
When he was asked which teams he would like to play for, he mentioned clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Finally, he added that he would like to be an international freestyler and let his skill take him all over the world.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that whiz kid Kareem Waris Olamilekan, an 11-year-old Nigerian artist, received the Taiwan's Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation’s 22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award.
The young hyperrealistic artist defeated 2,723 others across the world to clinch the prize. The disclosure of the boy’s wining was made by Ambassador Vincent Yang, the representative of Taiwan in Nigeria.
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