Real Madrid Superstar David Alaba Presents His Shirt to President Tinubu of Nigeria in Paris

• David Alaba is an experienced defender who currently plays for Spanish giants Real Madrid
• The former Bayern Munich star on Friday, June 23, met Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu in Paris
• Alaba is among the players born in Europe by Nigerian fathers who did not play for the Super Eagles

Real Madrid defender David Olatokunbo Alaba on Friday evening, June 23, presented his shirt to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he met the former Lagos State Governor in Paris, France.

For the past few days, President Tinubu has been in Paris where he has been having a series of meetings toward the development of Nigeria.

Alaba on the other hand is spending his holiday in the French capital and he was happy to meet President Tinubu despite the fact that he did not play for the Super Eagles.

The 31-year-old was born in Vienna to a Nigerian father and began his career with SV Aspern.

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Alaba is Austria's second youngest player to play for their senior national team, debuting for them in 2009 as a 17-year-old.

David Alaba at Real Madrid

Alaba joined Real Madrid in 2021, and the experienced defender has won all titles s far at the Santiago Bernabeu in what can be described as a good career.

At Real Madrid, Alaba inherited the number 4 jersey, previously worn by the last captain Sergio Ramos over the past 16 seasons.

David Alaba snubbed Nigeria

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how although Nigeria is a football nation, and would love to have the very best players for all tournaments, some have slipped by in recent years.

With migration common these days, it is easy for people to hold two nationalities.

Nigeria has been fortunate to have some footballers born abroad naturalize and choose to play for the Super Eagles.

The likes of Ademola Lookman, Joe Aribo, and William Troost-Ekong are just a few of the players who were born abroad but chose to represent Nigeria, Daily Post Nigeria reported.

However, many more footballers of Nigerian descent have rejected the call to play for the West African country.