Chiedozie Ogbene: 'I’m inspiring other kids, and I take pride and joy in that'

'To carry that burden of being the first African-born player is very special and I can see how proud it has made my family'

Chiedozie Ogbene: 'To carry that burden of being the first African-born player is very special and I can see how proud it has made my family'. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The way Chiedozie Ogbene tells it, his father had two choices when he was leaving Nigeria.

One was Florida, the other was Ireland. Year-round sunshine in the land of opportunity, or a cold, wet island battered by the Atlantic swells.