Enyeama returns from injury, begins trials with French club Dijon

Former Lille and Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has returned to the sport after a long layoff due to injury.

The 36-year-old shot-stopper, who last played at French Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre, has been suffering from a knee injury for close to a year.

He is set to begin trials with French Ligue 1 club, Dijon FCO, today (Friday) as he looks forward to earning a contract.

According to reports, the trial period will end next Wednesday, when the club is expected to make a decision on whether or not to hand him a contract.

Read Also: ‘Happy to be back home’ – Kluivert takes up job at Barcelona

Enyeama, who is the most capped Super Eagles player in history with 101 appearances, has not had it good with his career lately.

He was forced out of Lille by then handler of the Ligue 1 side, Marcelo Bielsa who deemed him surplus to requirements.

Enyeama had played previously with Isreali clubs, Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On the international scene, he has won three Africa Cup of Nations bronze in 2004, 2006 and 2010 before winning gold in 2013 in South Africa.

He also represented Nigeria at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, before retiring from international football in 2015.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now