{"id":4240,"date":"2023-11-11T07:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T06:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/11\/read_news-phpnid49414\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T07:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T06:23:17","slug":"read_news-phpnid49414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/11\/read_news-phpnid49414\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting and talented midfielder signs new contract with Chelsea\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/33664LC.png\" height=\"186\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Exciting and talented midfielder signs new contract with Chelsea\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Portugal underage international\u00a0Leo Cardoso has taken to social media to confirm that he has signed a new deal at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Described as an exciting and talented player by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/leo-cardoso\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea&#8217;s official website<\/a>, Cardoso disclosed that he has put pen to paper on his first professional contract at the Blues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cardoso\u00a0began the 2023-2024 season as a first-year scholar but is now a young professional after turning 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per Premier League rules, all players in their U17 year are required to start the season on a scholarship agreement, before they are permitted to sign a first professional football contract on or after their 17th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cardoso has been on the books of Chelsea since U15 level after he was poached from West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Delighted to have signed my first pro! Really proud day for me and my family. Looking forward to the journey ahead and pushing on,&#8221; he wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzeL_dAI1YI\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old can play in multiple positions including winger and attacking midfielder, and has impressive technical and dribbling ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his final season as a schoolboy, he represented Chelsea in the U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup, scoring two goals in three appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Born in Aldama Setubal, Portugal, Cardoso\u00a0has represented England at U15 level.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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>Photo Credit: chelseafc.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/read_news.php?nid=49414\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal underage international\u00a0Leo Cardoso has taken to social media to confirm that he has signed a new deal at Chelsea. \u00a0 Described as an exciting and talented player by Chelsea&#8217;s official website, Cardoso disclosed that he has put pen to paper on his first professional contract at the Blues.\u00a0 \u00a0 Cardoso\u00a0began the 2023-2024 season as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4240","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\/4240","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=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}