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Arthur Okonkwo: Nigerian goalkeeper promoted to Arsenal first-team

Having impressed with the Gunners’ youth team, the teenager has now progressed to the club's senior squad

Arthur Okonkwo has been promoted to Arsenal’s first team; the English Premier League club has confirmed.

The 19-year-old goalkeeper joined the likes club’s senior team after signing a long-term contract with the Emirates Stadium giants.

Okonkwo has been with the Gunners as an under-9 player before he was signed as a scholar in July 2018.

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In the 2020-21 campaign, he trained with the first team regularly and also travelled with the squad as a third choice goalie.