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Nelson Agho (born 24 February 2003) is an English professional
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who plays as a
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. He made his competitive first-team debut for
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on 13 November 2018 at the age of 15 years and 262 days, making him the youngest player in the club's history. However he left the club four years later without turning professional or making another appearance.


Career

Agho moved from
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to England at the age of 11, and went on to join the
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Academy. 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
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at the Bescot Stadium in an
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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. In the final season of his youth-team contract,
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, 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. He was not offered a professional contract when his youth-team contract expired in June 2022. He had a trial at Matlock Town that was ended when he broke his ankle in a friendly game.


Style of play

Speaking in November 2018,
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youth-team manager Mick Ede said that "
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is strong, he is quick and he has an eye for goal".


Career statistics


References

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