Chelsea Loanee Victor Moses Turns 30, NFF Congratulates:: All Nigeria Soccer

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The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow took to the media to celebrate Victor Moses’ ascension to 30 on his birthday.The Nigerian winger, who was born in Lagos, grew up in South London, England having traveled to the country at the age of 11.

The 30-year-old first had to feature in games for the England youth teams before he eventually switched up his allegiance to play for his birth country Nigeria in 2012.

In his international career, the winger was quite prolific for the Super Eagles as he was pivotal in 2013 as he helped them lift the Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the champions of Africa for the third time.

The former Chelsea winger also registered appearances in the Super Eagles team for the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil, and he was also impressive in their campaign at the FIFA tournament held in Russia back in 2018.

The winger, who can also be deployed in the right-back position, registered 27 appearances for the Super Eagles bagging 12 goals before hanging his boots from international football in 2018 shortly after their campaign at the World Cup.

The winger was congratulated on clocking 30 by the NFF and his current club the Spartak Moscow on their respective Twitter accounts.

The newly-turned 30 wingers moved to the Russian club in the summer on a season-long loan deal from English club Chelsea. So far, he has been able to register one goal and one assist for the Russian side.

The former Super Eagles winger began his professional football career with Crystal Palace, before opting to sign for Wigan Athletic, where he dropped impressive performances in the Premier League to spark an interest from the big clubs.

After three campaigns with Wigan Athletic, Moses moved to London to join English giants Chelsea In summer 2012.

Moses was able to register 128 appearances for the Blues since his arrival from the Athletics, and he was an important figure in their title-winning campaign back in 2017 as they secured the Premier League title for 2016/17 under the reign of Antonio Conte as best payout online casinos delivered impressive odds to the football fans that season.

The winger helped the English giant’s secure two UEFA Europa League titles and an FA Cup title, he has enjoyed loan spells away from Stamford Bridge.

Moses has been loaned out to Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham United, Turkish club Fenerbahce, Serie A Inter Milan before joining Spartak Moscow in 2020.

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