Dan wasan tsakiya na Fulham, Alex Iwobi, yana shirye-shirye don rubuta sunansa a cikin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Nigeria, yayin da ana sa ran samu kofin kwallonsa na 100 tare da Super Eagles a ranar Laraba a wasan sada zumunci da Portugal a Leiria.

Ɗan wasan mai shekara 29 zai shiga ƙaramin ƙungiya ta 'yan wasa da suka kai maki ɗari tare da Nigeria — hujja ta ban mamaki ta shekara goma na sadaukarwa ga rigar kore da fari.

"Ina alfahari da inda na kasance yau; alfahari da sanya kore da fari. Ina godiya ga kowa, ciki har da kocin da ya kira ni zuwa ƙungiyar a karo na farko. Ban da nadama kan zaɓen Nigeria," in ji Iwobi ga thenff.com.

Tafiya da ta fara a Belgium

Iwobi ya fara wasansa na kasa da kasa a wasan sada zumunci da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Congo a Visé, Belgium, ranar 8 ga Oktoba 2015 — lokacin da yake tunawa da murna da ƙwarewa.

Bayan ya wakilci Ingila a matakin ƙwararrun matasa, tsohon ɗan wasan Everton ya ce yanke shawararsa na sadakawa ga Nigeria ya zo ta halitta, wanda wani ɓangare ya tsara ta hanyar jagorar mahaifinsa.

"Na fara je sansanin ƙungiyar Nigeria U23 kuma na ji kamar ina gida. Ubana ya koyaushe ya gaya mani in fita can in ji daɗin ƙwallon kwallona, in kuma yanke shawarar da na ji tana da kyau a gare ni. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na shawarar amma bai tilasta wa ni ba," in ji shi.

Bayan shekara goma da watanni takwas na ƙwallon ƙafa na kasa da kasa, Iwobi ya kasance mai tawali'u game da gadonsa.

"Ba zan ce ni kwararre ne ba; ina ganin kaina a matsayin ɗan wasan Super Eagles kawai. Yana da kyau sosai a wajen kofi na 100, kuma a hankali, Ina fata zan ƙara kofi ɗari wani. Na ji daɗin lokacina tare da Super Eagles."

Kwallonsa da ba zai manta ba

Da aka tambaye shi dangane da mafi kyawun lokacin da ya yi a rigar Nigeria, Iwobi ya amsa ba tare da jinkiri ba: kwallonsa da ya ci wa Chipolopolo ta Zambia a Godswill Akpabio Stadium a Uyo a watan Oktoba 2017 — bugun da ya tura Super Eagles zuwa wasannin ƙarshe na FIFA World Cup 2018.

"Na ƙaunaci wannan lokacin saboda ubana da iyayena sun kasance a filin kuma sun ga duka, kuma mun yi bukukuwa tare bayan haka. Yana da lokaci mai ban sha'awa ƙwarai."

Ya yarda cewa taken Africa Cup of Nations da wurin a FIFA World Cup mai zuwa har yanzu burin da bai cika ba, amma ya dage cewa ba shi da nadama.

Nasarar iyali cike da alfahari

Mahaifin Iwobi, Chuka, ya bayyana godiyar iyali mai zurfin gaske ga tafiyar da ɗansa ya yi yana sanya launukan Nigeria.

"Lokacin da ya yi wasansa na farko a shekarar 2015, ba mu sani ba cewa wannan zai zama farkon tafiya mai ban mamaki wanda zai kai shi ga cimma maki na kofi ɗari tare da yiwuwar samun ƙari," in ji Chuka.

Chuka ya ƙara da cewa babu wanda zai iya yin tambaya game da himmar ɗansa ga tawagar ƙasa, yana nuni da manyan lokuta da ƙananan lokuta da Iwobi ya wuce a cikin waɗannan shekarun a matsayin shaida na ɗabi'a da ta ƙaru ta hanyar gogewa.

"Alex yana son yin wasa don ƙasarsa kuma koyaushe yana ba da mafi kyawunsa. An sami manyan lokuta da ƙananan lokuta cikin waɗannan shekarun amma ya fito da ƙarfi daga wannan gogewa. Muna addu'a cewa zai ci gaba da yin nasara kuma Super Eagles za su iya biyan magoya bayansu don ƙaunarsu da goyon bayansu."