GIFT ORBAN SUSTENIED AN …
Gift orban will miss out the remaining of the seasons matches due to his ( out of season injury ) he was reported by the medical to have sustained an out of season injury in the training ground today
The stricer whom have scored none in eight apperance in this season with three assist
He is one of our best
Born in Nigeria, Gift Orban’s career didn’t see him arrive in Europe until 2022, when he was picked up by Norwegian club Stabæk. His impact there was immediate, as he finished top scorer in the Norwegian top flight whilst also taking home the Young Player of the Year award. He soon joined Belgian side KAA Gent, where he continued to impress, netting fifteen times in sixteen league appearances. Having joined Lyon in January, he has found playing time hard to come by, but given the form of Lacazette, he feels that pressure is somewhat lifted.
I cannot explain to you because you cannot understand, you were born in Europe, it is not like being born in Africa. If you’re poor in France, the state can help you, associations can take care of you. In Africa, no one will give you anything and you will starve to death. That’s why we all want to play football.
Where I grew up (in the state of Benue, one of the poorest in the country, located in the southeast, near Cameroon), if you are in a family that has no means, life is impossible. That’s what makes me determined, I never want to relive that. Things had to be found to eat every day. Now I want to succeed in my life to help. Not just my family, that’s already the case and it’s obvious, but I want to help all the poor, the orphans, who have the life I’ve had, even worse. Do you understand the word “poor”?
Well, there is poor in Europe and poor in Africa. You can’t even compare, it’s never going to be the same. You must have experienced it like I have (to understand). You sleep in places… It’s too hard. Then you get up in the morning and you can’t find anything to eat. Don’t try to ask me more.
Yes, when I was a kid, my only problem was making sure I found the goal. That’s all I care about. Even when the ball was in my half, I could shoot if I saw the keeper off his line. I wanted it to come in, straight. If I were told to pass ten passes before I went to score, I preferred to go straight ahead. The most important thing was to put the ball in purpose. So I have this thing in my blood, because my scoring goals has saved me, they changed my life. I scored goals because I wanted to get by. And I was able to leave Africa because of that.
When I arrived in Norway (on trial) it was immediately challenging for me. I even went back to Nigeria at some point… Then they gave me a three-month contract. It was my chance, the coach made me play, I scored a double. The next game, another double, and I was off and running. A Portuguese coach there, called Hugo, spoke to me a lot to make me understand football, to adapt to tactical systems. I really had to organize my way of playing.
Starting to play professionally, I realized that I’m going to have ups and downs, that you can’t win all the time, that not every day is a breeze. Adaptation has been difficult, but it was necessary to move forward. Today, for example, I have a hard time playing up front alone because before I played in a front two, it suits me better. But I have to take responsibility, work and make progress.
