{"id":52175,"date":"2024-12-09T19:19:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-elie-tatou-iradukunda-heads-to-europe-for-trials-with-top-clubs\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:19:12","slug":"rwanda-s-elie-tatou-iradukunda-heads-to-europe-for-trials-with-top-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-elie-tatou-iradukunda-heads-to-europe-for-trials-with-top-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s Elie Tatou Iradukunda heads to Europe for trials with top clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The player left Kigali on Sunday, December 8, 2024, heading to Portugal where he is set to undergo a 10-day trial with Sporting Clube de Braga in the Primeira Liga.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all; he will also try his luck in Belgium with Anderlecht, a top-tier team in the Belgian Pro League. If opportunities arise, he may also explore chances with Lille in France, a team that plays in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>Iradukunda is expected to spend a month in Europe and will return to Rwanda in January 2025.<br \/>\nNot only are these clubs interested in him, but Turkish team Antalyaspor, currently in 11th place in the Turkish Super League, has also extended an invitation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-78372 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2024-12-09_at_02.27_36-f4efa.jpg\" alt=\"Iradukunda is expected to spend a month in Europe.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The 18-year-old is one of the most talented players in Rwanda\u2019s Premier League. Last season, he was awarded the Best Young Player after an impressive performance.<\/p>\n<p>In the 55 matches he has played in the Rwandan Premier League, he has scored 11 goals and provided 10 assists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-78373 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_.webp-168dd.jpg\" alt=\"Mukura Victory Sports central defender, Elie Tatou Iradukunda is expected under go trials in Europe.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-78374 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2024-12-09_at_02.27_37-4851e.jpg\" alt=\"The player left Kigali on Sunday, December 8, 2024.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-78371 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/f-08tp7weaaywso-2dbc6-7b351.jpg\" alt=\"Last season, he was awarded the Best Young Player after an impressive performance.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mukura Victory Sports central defender, Elie Tatou Iradukunda has gone for trials in Portugal, Belgium, and France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000078370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000078370,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-125.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000078370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52175"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52175"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}