{"id":18603,"date":"2019-12-07T16:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T16:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2019-12-07T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T16:38:24","slug":"former-man-utd-striker-odubeko-scores-hat-trick-for-west-ham-u18s-vs-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-man-utd-striker-odubeko-scores-hat-trick-for-west-ham-u18s-vs-southampton","title":{"rendered":"Former Man Utd Striker Odubeko Scores Hat-Trick For West Ham U18s Vs Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria-eligible striker Mipo Odubeko showed why he was highly coveted by several Premier League and foreign clubs before sealing a move to West Ham after netting his first hat-trick in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland youth-teamer was involved in all but one of the goals as the young Hammers thrashed Southampton 5-0 at Staplewood Training Ground on game week 11.<\/p>\n<p>It took just seven minutes for the visitors to take the lead thanks to Odebuko&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old added his second two minutes after the restart, before setting up Simon-Swyer for the Hammers third goal on 50 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Six minutes to the end of the match, the Irish-Nigerian youngster got his third of the afternoon, taking his tally to 4 goals in four matches since transferring to West Ham late October.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful center forward netted on his debuts for Manchester United and West Ham U18 teams in the U18 Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Odubeko showed his finishing ability last season, scoring 35 goals in all competitions for Manchester United youth teams.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Okocha (West Ham), Roland Idowu and Zuriel Otseh-Taiwo (both Southampton) were the other players of Nigerian descent that started today&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria-eligible striker Mipo Odubeko showed why he was highly coveted by several Premier League and foreign clubs before sealing a move to West Ham after netting his first hat-trick in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon. 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