{"id":114142,"date":"2026-02-23T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/114142\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:27:07","slug":"welcoga-liitus-noor-pikakasvuline-nigeeria-keskkaitsja-soccernet-ee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/114142\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoga liitus noor pikakasvuline Nigeeria keskkaitsja &#8211; Soccernet.ee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771840783.jpg\" alt=\"Lesor Timothy. Foto: Remi Roosmann \/ Tartu JK Welco\"\/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Esiliigas mullu kolmanda koha teeninud Tartu Welcoga liitus 18-aastane Nigeeria keskkaitsja Lesor Timothy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Esimest korda Eestis on v\u00e4ga huvitav: n\u00e4en esimest korda lund ning proovin siinse eluga kohaneda. Mulle v\u00e4ga meeldib see, kuidas mind on vastu v\u00f5tnud tiim, peatreener Alo [B\u00e4rengrub], abitreener Ander [Vool] ja spordidirektor [Mihkel R\u00e4\u00e4k]. K\u00f5ik on mind h\u00e4sti vastu v\u00f5tnud ja k\u00f5ik on v\u00e4ga toredad. Mul on v\u00e4ga hea meel siin olla ja t\u00f5mban uhkusega Welco s\u00e4rgi selga. Mul on hea meel siin olla, ait\u00e4h!&#8221; muljetas Timothy Welco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1473312841465446&amp;set=a.491770842952989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebooki lehe<\/a> vahendusel.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Welco spordidirektor Mihkel R\u00e4\u00e4k kommenteeris nigeerlasest keskkaitsja liitumist j\u00e4rgnevalt: &#8220;Timothy liitumine on osa klubi strateegiast tuua kogenud Eesti m\u00e4ngijate, oma noorte ja suure potentsiaaliga eestlaste k\u00f5rvale perspektiivikaid v\u00e4lism\u00e4ngijaid. 18-aastane Nigeeria kaitsja omab selget potentsiaali kasutada Eestit h\u00fcppelauana j\u00e4rgmisele tasemele liikumiseks k\u00f5rgemas jalgpallis.&#8221;&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e4\u00e4k lisas uuest v\u00e4lism\u00e4ngijast r\u00e4\u00e4kides, et Timothy on uue hooaja eel h\u00e4sti sisse elanud. &#8220;Tema kohanemine meeskonnaga on kulgenud h\u00e4sti ning ta on juba esimestes m\u00e4ngudes n\u00e4idanud ennast positiivsest k\u00fcljest. Timothy tugevusteks on f\u00fc\u00fcsiline kaitsem\u00e4ng, kiirus ning v\u00f5imekus \u00f5huv\u00f5itlustes ja duellides. 191-sentimeetrine pikkus annab talle olulise eelise keskkaitsjana ning ma n\u00e4en temas potentsiaalset kindlat kaitsetala algavaks hooajaks,&#8221; s\u00f5nas R\u00e4\u00e4k.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Esiliigas mullu kolmanda koha teeninud Tartu Welcoga liitus 18-aastane Nigeeria keskkaitsja Lesor Timothy. &#8220;Esimest korda Eestis on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[37,33,35,1466,34,36,53786,34984,34985,159,158,1474,53787,1476],"class_list":{"0":"post-114142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-ee","9":"tag-eesti","10":"tag-eesti-keel","11":"tag-esiliiga","12":"tag-estonia","13":"tag-estonian","14":"tag-lesor-timothy","15":"tag-mihkel-raak","16":"tag-raak","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-tartu-jk-welco","20":"tag-timothy","21":"tag-welco"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ee\/116119472931855095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}