Ola aina biography of michael

London and Cairo – At the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt earlier this year, 23-year-old Ola Aina played in his first major international tournament, helping the Nigerian national team to a third-place finish.

In doing so, he completed a remarkable personal journey.

Born in Southwark, South London to Nigerian parents, Ola has risen to the ranks of professional football – playing for Chelsea, Torino and the Nigerian national team, despite growing up with few privileges.

His journey began when he competed in a tournament in Bognor Regis on the English coast with his youth side. He was voted “most valuable player” among over 600 others, spotted by scouts and attracted attention from 15 clubs, including Premier League sides Tottenham and Chelsea – he later went on to play for the “Blues” as an under-11.

His father Olufemi Aina, a central figure in Ola’s story, always believed his son had the making of a gifted athlete. Ola as a child, Olufemi told Al Jazeera, was so physically impressive that he carried his birth certificate around to prove he was the right age.

“He was meant to sign for Tottenham,” his father said. “They had him over for about three weeks, then on the day he was supposed to sign, they kept acting funny. As a big Spurs fan, it was heartbreaking. Luckily, Chelsea officials were still calling us daily, so we decided, ‘Why not go where you are wanted?'”

But the celebrations were short-lived, as the family desperately rallied around to try and make Ola’s dream possible.

His parents often worked several jobs. At one time, his mother Esther had four just to put food on the table for her four sons – Michael, Ola – the second born, Jordan and Benjamin.

When Ola started playing with Chelsea, they would pick him up in their shabby car from training after their work shifts, getting back home just before midnight.

Ola would be up for school again the next morning.

The situation got wor

If there is one thing the Nigeria Football Federation had consistently succeded in, it’s wooing players of Nigerian descent to star for the Super Eagles inspite of having played for their countries of birth at the junior cadre and the list is endless. Victor Moses, Leon Balogun, Henry Onyekuru, Sheyi Ojo, and most recently, Ademola Lookman, to mention but a few. In continuation of the ‘VIP Scouting,’ NFF boss, Amaju Pinnick, national team interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen and Emmanuel Amuneke recently traveled to UK to convince Crystal Palace duo of Ebere Eze and Michael Olise to dump the countries of their birth for fatherland. How well NFF succeeds in that move, however, remains to be seen

While Eberechi Eze had represented England at the U-20 and U-21 levels, Michael Olise had played for France at the U-18. But in continuation of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ‘VIP Scouting’, the Crystal Palace duo are being wooed to play for Nigeria at the senior level, culminating in Super Eagles interim technical adviser Augustine Eguavoen and Emmanuel Amuneke to embark on a trip to United Kingdom to convince the two players to switch nationality.

Eguavoen was in England in the company of his assistant Amuneke, the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick and general secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, to meet with Premier League Super Eagles stars.
Olise was born in England to a Nigerian father and French-Algerian mother, and he is eligible to represent France, Algeria, England, or Nigeria.

The 20-year-old has represented France at the youth level in the past, after he made his debut in 2019, against Qatar U-23 and was also called up to the France U-18 squad for the 2019 Toulon.
Eze on the other hand was born in Greenwich, Greater London to Nigerian parents and therefore eligible to play for the Three Lions of England and the Super Eagles.

He trained with the Nigeria national team in 2018,

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Young right back Ola Aina joined Leonid Slutsky’s City on a season long loan in July 2017, the first concrete evidence that Slutsky’s friendship with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich would lead to a pipeline of the Blues’ young stars heading for the West Hull estates.  His loan spell extended beyond Slutsky’s tenure and Aina continued to excel under Nigel Adkins, scoring his debut goal in a Cup win at Blackburn in January 2018.  Strong and full of prodigious skills, Aina also made occasional errors as one would expect from a young player.

Born in Southwark in South London, Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina (Ola for short) was a product of the Chelsea academy system from the age of 11 and during the 2015 pre-season he was skirting the periphery of Jose Mourinho’s first team squad.  But it wasn’t until August 2016 when he made his first team debut for the Blues in a League Cup tie against Bristol Rovers, shortly after signing a new four year contract, and he made his Premier League debut a couple of months later against Leicester City, ending the 2016/17 season with 7 senior appearances.

Following his spell with the Tigers during the 2017/18 season, Aina spent the following season on loan at Italian side Torino, debuting against AS Roma in August 2018 and scoring his first goal for Torino in February 2019 against Udinese. This loan season impressed Il Toro enough to part with 9 million euros and sign him permanently in June 2019. He remained a first team regular for Torino during the 2019/20 season. In September 2020 Aina joined newly promoted Premier League side Fulham on a season-long loan, returning to his West London and Premier League roots. He was one of Fulham’s best performers as they slumped to relegation in May 2021, making 33 appearances in all competitions and scoring twice against West Bromwich Albion and Burnley. Ola returned to Torino in the 2021 close season and was back in the

The footballer will serve a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend whom he beat with garden furniture

An Italian footballer has been jailed for life for stalking and beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a hammer, just a few weeks after she reported him for stalking.

As per the Dailymail, Giovanni Padovani, a 28-year-old former centre-back who played for Sancataldese, was handed a life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend, 56-year-old Alessandra Matteuzzi, outside her home on August 23, 2022.

Alessandra was on the phone to her sister, Stefania, who heard her screams as Padovani, also a former model, beat her to death, first with a hammer and his fists, then a baseball bat, and finally a bench he had picked up from a garden near her apartment in Via Dell'Arcoveggio, in Bologna, northern Italy.

He had flown to the city to lie in wait outside her home, after his team told him to stay away from a training session.

He ambushed her, and started beating her in a sick attack that Stefania heard over the phone.

She previously told a local TV station: “She got out of her car and started screaming, 'No Giovanni, no, I beg you, help.”

“I was on the phone. I immediately called the [police] who arrived straight away.”

While Alessandra survived the initial attack, she later died in hospital after suffering massive injuries.

The pair were together for about a year, according to local media, but had spent most of their time apart as Alessandra lived in Bologna, while Padovani worked in Sicily.

Stefania claimed they had a fight in January 2022 in which he smashed dishes and a light at her Bologna home.

After they broke up, Padovani bombarded her with messages and calls, and she ended up reporting him to the police for stalking.

But this did not stop him, and her neighbours previously told local media that he tried sabotaging her car, disconnecting her meter from the outside, and even tried to climb up her balcony.