Victor Moses : A short story of one of Africa’s finest footballers?

This is the story of a young boy whose parents were murdered during 2002 riots in Kaduna. He was aged 11 years at the time. His parents, Mr. Austine and Mrs. Josephine Moses, were missionaries until they met their untimely death. The boy left his house to play football but returned home to see that all his parents had laboured for had been razed down and he would never see his mother and father again.

He was taken to London by his uncle almost immediately after the incident. While in London, he began deploying his football skills.

The Uncle took him to London due to the misfortune that had befallen him.

Though he didn’t have parents he didn’t let that situation kill his passion. He played football for his school and later for a local Tandrige League club until Crystal Palace FC approached him. From that point, his career progressed in leaps and bounds.

However, the player has

played for England’s under 16, 17, 19 and 21 teams between 2005 and 2010 scoring 11 goals for England during this period. He later moved to Wigan Athletic and now he plays for Chelsea.

Ladies and Gentlemen the name of this young man I present to you is no other person but the one and only… VICTOR MOSES.

Victor Moses has a real life touching story and he is a player that abandoned England to come play football for his motherland – Nigeria.

He however had a choice of not playing for Nigeria but he showed a sign of patriotism. In the history of Nigerian football today, he brings joy to every Nigerian both young and old and has really been a source of inspiration to the death of his parents.

Furthermore a touching story like this has kept such a person with love, compassion and faith to defend the dignity of his country.

This is the touching story of a player you admire but never knew so much about him, watch him play as he defends his country for the trophy in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.