{"id":3288,"date":"2023-09-06T01:18:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/06\/read_news-phpnid48713\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T01:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:18:56","slug":"read_news-phpnid48713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/09\/06\/read_news-phpnid48713\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s top 5 leagues: Tottenham Hotspur\u00a0left-back\u00a0Udogie\u00a0named in U21 Team of the Month\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\/97710Udogie.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Europe's top 5 leagues: Tottenham Hotspur\u00a0left-back\u00a0Udogie\u00a0named in U21 Team of the Month\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recognition keeps coming for Italy U21 international of Nigerian descent Destiny\u00a0Udogie as the left-back has been named to Whoscored&#8217;s Europe&#8217;s top five leagues U21 Team of the Month for August following his outstanding displays for Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the exciting fullback was included\u00a0\u00a0in Alan Shearer&#8217;s Premier league Team of the Week\u00a0for matchday\u00a0three and also made Whoscored&#8217;s Europe&#8217;s top five leagues&#8217; U21 TOTW after bagging his first assist in the Premier League against Bournemouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Udogie\u00a0started all the three matches contested by Tottenham Hotspur in the top flight last month, logging 242 minutes in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a 4-2-3-1 formation, the Italian-Nigerian youngster is part of a four-man defence also containing\u00a0Tiago Santos (Lille), Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco) and Abakar Sylla (Strasbourg).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The midfield is made up of\u00a0Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham), Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), the top rated player in the Team of the Month Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) and Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), while\u00a0Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes) has been named in attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Udogie averaged a Whoscored rating of 7.07 and his best performance was against Bournemouth, where he provided the assist for Dejan Kulusevski\u2019s goal and made four clearances\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old won five fouls for Tottenham\u00a0across the three Premier League matches in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoScored\/status\/1699075664320643329\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"M\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f Jude Bellingham in August:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Games: 3<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u26bd Goals: 4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2b50 MOTM awards: 3<\/p>\n<p>He is the month&#8217;s highest rated U21 player in Europe&#8217;s top 5 leagues, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samhmnd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@samhmnd<\/a> details the full XI \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoScored\/status\/1699075664320643329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: tottenhamhotspur.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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