Nelson Agho

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Nelson Agho
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 (age 21) [1]
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Port Vale 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nelson Agho (born 24 February 2003) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward. He made his competitive first-team debut for Port Vale on 13 November 2018 at the age of 15 years and 262 days, making him the youngest player in the club's history. However, due to unfortunate injuries throughout his youth development years he left the club four years later without turning professional or making another appearance.

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Career

Agho moved from Valencia to England at the age of 11 and went on to join the Port Vale Academy. [2] He made his first-team debut for the "Valiants" on 13 November 2018, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Idris Kanu in a 2–1 win over Walsall at the Bescot Stadium in an EFL Trophy group stage game; aged just 15 years and 262 days, this made him the youngest player in the club's history until Jack Shorrock broke this record four years later. [3] [4] In the final season of his youth team contract, 2020–21, he picked up a cruciate knee injury and missed three months after undergoing an operation, so the club secured EFL permission for an extension to his youth contract so that he had an extra year to try and win a professional deal. [5] He was not offered a professional contract when his youth team contract expired in June 2022. [6] He had a trial at Matlock Town that was ended when he broke his ankle in a friendly game. [7]

Style of play

Speaking in November 2018, Port Vale youth team manager Mick Ede said that "[Agho] is strong, he is quick and he has an eye for goal". [8]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2018–19 [9] League Two 0000001 [a] 010
2019–20 [10] League Two0000000000
2020–21 [11] League Two0000000000
2021–22 [12] League Two0000000000
Total0000001010
Career total0000001010
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

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References

  1. 1 2 "English Football League Two 2018/2019". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (13 November 2018). "Who is Nelson Agho? All about the 15-year-old in Port Vale's first-team squad". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (13 November 2018). "Walsall 1, Port Vale 2 Checkatrade RECAP: 15-year-old Nelson Agho makes history". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jack Shorrock becomes the youngest first team player in Port Vale history". Port Vale F.C. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (27 May 2021). "Port Vale ask Michael Lennon and Ammar Dyer to pre-season training". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (24 June 2022). "Port Vale release youth players as they invest in academy". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Weekly News - 3/8/22". www.matlocktownfc.co.uk. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (14 November 2018). "First-team debutant Nelson Agho and a great night for Port Vale's academy". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Nelson Agho in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Nelson Agho in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Nelson Agho in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Nelson Agho in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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