SWISS-BORN NIGERIAN NOAH OKAFOR MAKES DEBUT FOR FC BASEL

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Switzerland youth international of Nigerian descent Noah Okafor made his professional debut for FC Basel as they were held to a 2-2 draw by FC Luzern in an entertaining game at St. Jakob-Park on Saturday evening.
The 17-year-old left winger was an unused substitute in matches against Lausanne-Sport, Grasshopper, FC Sion and FC Zürich in the Super League before finally pulling on a Basel jersey with the number eleven at its back following his introduction in the 34th minute.
Okafor was one of Basel’s most outstanding players in the 2017-18 UEFA Youth League, scoring two goals and providing four assists in six matches and tallied 8 goals in 12 matches in the U18 League prior to his promotion to the first team in January 2018.
He was lively in his first competitive game for the 20-time Swiss champions but failed to put away two chances he had in the 82nd and88th minutes.
Okafor is ending the season on a high as he made his full debut for Switzerland U18s ten days ago in a friendly against Italy.
Elyounoussi, who was replaced by Okafor, and Albian Ajeti were on target for FC Basel, while Luzern duo Schulz and Schürpf opened and closed the scoring.