Denmark based Ghanaian Goalie Emmanuel Ogura Receives Signed Jersey From Chelsea Star Edouard Mendy

• Emmanuel Ogura shared his joy with the world after he was gifted a signed jersey from Senegal and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
• The 20-year-old custodian made his debut for Nordsjaelland eight months after he had been brought to Denmark from the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana
• Ogura holds the record as the youngest Ghanaian goalkeeper to keep in a European topflight game when he manned the post against FC Copenhagen on Sunday, September 26, 2021

Young Ghanaian goalkeeper Emmanuel Ogura has been gifted a signed jersey by Chelsea's safest pair of hands, Edouard Mendy.

The 20-year-old Nordsjaelland shot-stopper has enjoyed a rapid rise to professional football after leaving the fabled Right to Dream Academy, Ghana in 2020.

In a photo posted on Twitter, sighted by Sports Brief, the goalkeeping prodigy expressed his gratitude to Edouard Mendy for gifting him a signed jersey.

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He received a late call-up to the Black Stars for the 2022 Kirin Cup but was unable to honour the invitation.

Ogura was once described as a modern-day goalkeeper by FC Nordsjaelland gaffer Flemming Pedersen with his abilities compared to Inter Milan and Cameroon custodian, Andre Onana.

"I am very pleased with Ogura's performance in the sense that he plays with an offensive mindset. He was already out at the start of the match, actually wildly far out, grabbing a long throw. He put himself in respect and he was not afraid to play with out on the field," Pedersen said as quoted by GHANAsoccernet.

"He is a modern goalkeeper and we call him 'Mini-Onana'. Obviously, there are times when he got a little at half a distance, but that is being worked on. It's always cool for us to see a young debutant from our own academies."

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Edouard Mendy has shared his excitement after meeting former Real Madrid and Brazil forward Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima.

The Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper met the legendary striker in Davos at the World Economic Forum, which was making a return after a two-year hiatus.

Mendy took to social media to express gratitude to FIFA and CAF for giving him the opportunity to speak at the forum and also share the stage with the 'Fenomeno'.