{"id":2668,"date":"2023-07-29T22:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T21:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/29\/read_news-phpnid48275\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T21:32:45","slug":"read_news-phpnid48275","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/29\/read_news-phpnid48275\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Villarreal academy product Jack\u00a0Ipalibo\u00a0joins Greek Super League new boys\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/69941Ipalibo.png\" height=\"215\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Official: Villarreal academy product Jack\u00a0Ipalibo\u00a0joins Greek Super League new boys\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kifisiafc.gr\/%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%86%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BA-%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Through a statement on their official website<\/a>, Greek Super League new boys\u00a0Kifissia\u00a0announced the capture of Villarreal-reared Nigerian defensive midfielder Jack Ipalibo on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ipalibo\u00a0played for Diamond Academy, an\u00a0Umuahia-based\u00a0grassroots club that produced Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze, before transferring to Villarreal to join their youth team in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was on the books of Villarreal for four years before moving to\u00a0Str\u00f8msgondset in Norway, first on loan before sealing a permanent transfer in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 92 all-competition appearances for\u00a0Str\u00f8msgondset, he directly participated in thirteen goals (8 goals, 5 assists).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ipalibo\u00a0has joined his new teammates in the Netherlands, where\u00a0Kifissia\u00a0are undergoing pre-season preparations ahead of their maiden participation in the Stoiximan Super League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old did not make his unofficial debut for his new employers in Friday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with\u00a0Utrecht.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kifissia will play two more friendlies with a Belgian second-tier club (July 31) and Go Ahead Eagles (August 4), before returning to Greece on August 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Igho Kingsley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from allnigeriasoccer.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/read_news.php?nid=48275\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through a statement on their official website, Greek Super League new boys\u00a0Kifissia\u00a0announced the capture of Villarreal-reared Nigerian defensive midfielder Jack Ipalibo on Thursday.\u00a0 \u00a0 Ipalibo\u00a0played for Diamond Academy, an\u00a0Umuahia-based\u00a0grassroots club that produced Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze, before transferring to Villarreal to join their youth team in 2016. \u00a0 He was on the books of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}