{"id":66813,"date":"2025-05-28T15:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66813"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:52:27","slug":"werder-bremens-felix-agu-chooses-to-represent-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/28\/werder-bremens-felix-agu-chooses-to-represent-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Werder Bremen\u2019s Felix Agu Chooses to Represent Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Werder Bremen full-back Felix Agu has officially switched his international allegiance to Nigeria, embracing his heritage and expressing pride in reconnecting with his roots.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, born in Germany to a Nigerian father, said the decision was driven by a desire to honour his father&#8217;s homeland.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA recently approved his request following confirmation from the German Football Federation that he had never played in an official match for Germany at senior or junior levels.<\/p>\n<p>While Agu featured in two friendlies for Germany\u2019s U21 side in 2019, those appearances did not hinder his eligibility to make the switch.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond football, Agu revealed his love for Nigerian culture, mentioning music stars like Burna Boy, Omah Lay, and Davido among his favourites.<\/p>\n<p>He also enjoys traditional Nigerian dishes such as jollof rice and plantain.<\/p>\n<p>The defender described Nigerian legend Jay Jay Okocha as a personal role model, saying, \u201cI look up to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Excited about his new chapter, Agu said he has been warmly welcomed by his Super Eagles teammates and is focused on contributing to the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes to win trophies with Nigeria and is particularly looking forward to the upcoming Unity Cup clash against Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Agu has enjoyed a strong 2024\/2025 Bundesliga season with Werder Bremen, making 22 appearances and scoring three goals.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his pace, versatility, and defensive solidity, he is expected to be a valuable asset for Nigeria&#8217;s national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Werder Bremen full-back Felix Agu has officially switched his international allegiance to Nigeria, embracing his heritage and expressing pride in reconnecting with his roots. The 25-year-old, born in Germany to a Nigerian father, said the decision was driven by a desire to honour his father&#8217;s homeland. FIFA recently approved his request [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66815,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66813\/revisions\/66815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}