Former Nigeria U17 forward Femi Olatubosun Joseph has emerged as champions with unfancied Angolan side Sagrada Esperanca following their 1-0 win over Petro de Luanda yesterday.
The 30 year old who was a part of the Yemi Tella U17 team of 2007 but failed to make final cut for the tournament was pivotal in helping the team to what was their second league title in 16 years.
Despite suffering a global record loss of 2 million carats of diamonds in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Endiama the prime sponsor of the team gifted each player a bonus of $62,000.
Femi has been in Angola the past few years and he now carries an Angolan passport but the league title is his first in the country he now calls home.
Fluent in Portuguese, the left footed dazzler says he hope to force his way into the national team of Angola in the nearest future as he has given up all hope of playing for Nigeria.
“ My dream is to represent Angola. I have been here for a very long time and it’s best for me because I don’t think I stand a chance with Nigeria”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
