{"id":811190,"date":"2024-12-09T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/maduka-okoye-super-eagles-and-udinese-star-to-undergo-surgery-after-serious-wrist-injury\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:56:07","slug":"maduka-okoye-super-eagles-and-udinese-star-to-undergo-surgery-after-serious-wrist-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/maduka-okoye-super-eagles-and-udinese-star-to-undergo-surgery-after-serious-wrist-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduka Okoye: Super Eagles and Udinese star to undergo surgery after serious wrist injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-21.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-21.jpeg\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-full-width=\"612\" data-full-height=\"408\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Udinese have confirmed that Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye will undergo surgery following a serious injury to his right wrist, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udinese.it\/news\/squadra\/nota-ufficiale-keinan-davis-e-maduka-okoye\">announced on Saturday<\/a> that the 24-year-old suffered a torn scapholunate ligament, a critical structure in the wrist, during a recent match.<\/p>\n<p>This injury will rule him out of their upcoming Serie A clash with Monza and potentially for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Medical professionals have recommended immediate surgical intervention to repair the ligament and restore wrist functionality.<\/p>\n<p>While Udinese have not disclosed a specific recovery timeline, typical rehabilitation for such injuries ranges from eight to twelve weeks.<\/p>\n<p>However, severe cases can require up to eight months of recovery, posing a significant challenge for both the player and the club. <\/p>\n<p>Okoye has been a pivotal figure for Udinese this season, appearing in 14 matches and making 42 saves, ranking him among the top four goalkeepers in Serie A. His last outing came in a 2-0 defeat to Genoa, where he showed his ability with three crucial saves.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye joined Udinese in 2023 after enduring limited opportunities at Watford.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, Okoye decided to represent three-time African champions Nigeria despite being eligible to feature for Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster was Nigeria\u2019s number-one goalkeeper at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. He faced criticism following the Super Eagles\u2019s early exit at the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Okoye, however, returned to the national team during last month\u2019s 2-1 loss to Rwanda in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers in Uyo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Soccer Imhons Erons\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/783717e54374a368da5ee849f3239e78?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/maduka-okoye-super-eagles-and-udinese-star-to-undergo-surgery-after-serious-wrist-injury.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Imhons Erons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Udinese have confirmed that Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye will undergo surgery following a serious injury to his right wrist, Soccernet.ng reports. The club announced on Saturday that the 24-year-old suffered a torn scapholunate ligament, a critical structure in the wrist, during a recent match. This injury will rule him out of their upcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140081,113765,2005],"tags":[140080,113764],"class_list":{"0":"post-811190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maduka","8":"category-okoye","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-maduka","11":"tag-okoye"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}