Goa Pro League side FC Bardez sign Nigerian striker Koko Sakibo!

fc-bardez-koko-sakiboGoa Police Cup champions FC Bardez have strengthened their squad after they struck a deal with 28-year-old Nigerian striker Koko Sakibo. The formalities of the move were completed at the club’s headquarters in Soccor-Porvorim yesterday, September 16.

The co-owner of FC Bardez Savio Roy D’Souza who is also an AFC ‘C’ license coach believes that the acquisition will boost the results of the team. He also added, “The anticipation of a foreign player signing is finally over. Koko is a known figure in Indian football. So he knows his place. I feel he will get acclimatized soon.”

Sakibo started his career with a Nigerian club before moving to India in 2009, where he played two seasons with Vasco SC. Then he joined another local club Dempo SC under now FC Bardez coach Armando Colaco, where he helped them to win the I-league in the 2011/12 season scoring seven goals. He was playing for Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division – A side Tollygunge Agragami before coming back to Goa.

He was overjoyed after signing for FC Bardez and expressed his happiness saying, “I feel like I’m back home to Goa. I am very much happy to be back with my good coach and players.”

“All I want to say is that it’s time for FC Bardez fans to cheer more because we are going to score more goals and make them happy,” he concluded.

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