{"id":862004,"date":"2025-07-12T21:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/competition-for-osimhen-alex-iwobi-lauds-lillestrom-teenage-striker\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:12:01","slug":"competition-for-osimhen-alex-iwobi-lauds-lillestrom-teenage-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/competition-for-osimhen-alex-iwobi-lauds-lillestrom-teenage-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCompetition for Osimhen\u201d \u2013 Alex Iwobi lauds Lillestrom teenage striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles and Fulham midfielder, Alex Chuka Iwobi, has heaped praise on Nigeria U-20 and Lillestrom SK striker, Kparobo Arierhi, likening the teenager to Victor Osimhen, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old announced himself on the World stage during the 2024 Gothia Cup with Beyond Limits Football Academy in Sweden, helping his side clinch victory and becoming the first Nigerian side to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Ariehri then moved to Norway, joining Lillestrom SK, although he had offers from the top five European Leagues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1061889447-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160256\">Craven Cottage, May 10th 2025: Alex Iwobi during the Premier League match between Fulham and Everton. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/07\/calvin-bassey-alex-iwobi-epl-show.html\">Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi make history with first-ever Nigerian Premier League Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/07\/iwobi-arokodare-fulham-super-eagles.html\">Iwobi, Bassey can help Arokodare settle at Fulham \u2013 Former Super Eagles star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/07\/fulham-iwobi-ronaldo-messi.html\">WATCH: Alex Iwobi names Ronaldo and Messi in building his ideal footballer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gi8IZifXEAA23-G-1024x682.jpeg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149644\">Kpaboro Arierhri signs for Norwegian second-tier side, Lillestrom SK. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iwobi was impressed by one of the goals the youngster scored during his time at the Remo Stars football academy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s great technique, that finish isn&#8217;t easy. I&#8217;m sure he didn&#8217;t even look at the goal. It&#8217;s a great finish,\u201d the former Everton midfielder told <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMWjIIxeEo\" target=\"_blank\">Eyeball Football<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Fulham midfielder then likened Arierhri to Victor Osimhen, encouraging the youngster to stay grounded and to keep working.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it&#8217;s going to be competition for Victor Osimhen at this rate, but yes, he&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYo, Kparobo, I&#8217;ve just seen some of your clips, and your finishes. Keep going man you&#8217;ve got great technique, and great composure as a number nine, so, maybe you could be the next Osimhen, or even better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all the young players that are playing in Nigeria or globally, I like to watch your clips, so keep them on Eyeball. I&#8217;ma assessing as well as other footballers. Keep going and one day, you could be better than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cMaybe you can be the next Osimhen\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Alex Iwobi tells Kparobo Arierhi<\/p>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMWjIIxeEo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/IMWjIIxeEo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nyd110BMma\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Nyd110BMma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MikeThePundit (@Mike_ThePundit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_ThePundit\/status\/1943987146689589692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ariehri represented the Flying Eagles at the AFCON U-20 tournament earlier this year, winning the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/07\/osimhen-iwobi-lillestrom-arierhri.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Fulham midfielder, Alex Chuka Iwobi, has heaped praise on Nigeria U-20 and Lillestrom SK striker, Kparobo Arierhi, likening the teenager to Victor Osimhen, Soccernet.ng reports. The 18-year-old announced himself on the World stage during the 2024 Gothia Cup with Beyond Limits Football Academy in Sweden, helping his side clinch victory and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27306,96184,2005],"tags":[5847,96183],"class_list":{"0":"post-862004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-competition","8":"category-osimhen","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-competition","11":"tag-osimhen"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862004","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=862004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}