By Victor Kanayo
One of Nigeria’s Super Eagles goalkeeper John Noble has secured a move to Tanzanian Premier League side, Tabora United ahead of 2023/24 season kick-off in August.
Noble who played for Nigeria Premier Football League defending champions Enyimba, signed a one year deal with the Tanzanian club, previously known as Kitayosce.
Specifically, Noble captained Enyimba to their 9th League victory few weeks ago.
The deal include a possible extension at the end of the season.
Tabora Last Season Record
Last season, Tabora United played in Tanzania’s second tier league, otherwise known as Championship, or “Ligi Daraja la Kwanza” in Swahili); and was one of the two teams automatically promoted to the nation’s top flight league.
Vijana Tabora FC is from Dar es Salaam, Ilala District, and the Tanzanian Premier League which is otherwise called (Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara in Swahili) was a 20 team championship, but was lowered to 18 in 2020 and to 16 in 2021.
Currently, it has Young Africans as Champions, and is governed by the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF).
Noble International Experience
Noble was one of the Super Eagles keepers at the Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Cameroon in early 2021, but has been largely overlooked thereafter after publicly complaining that he was the only member of the team that was yet to be paid his bonuses after the tournament.
