{"id":520217,"date":"2019-05-25T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20190525-to-taxidi-zois-tou-chuba-akpom\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:58:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T11:58:41","slug":"20190525-to-taxidi-zois-tou-chuba-akpom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20190525-to-taxidi-zois-tou-chuba-akpom\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuba Akpom\u2019s life journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Canning Town to Thessaloniki. From Arsenal to PAOK. Chuba Akpom<\/strong> is now a vital cog of the Greek double winners, an undefeated champion and scorer of the solitary goal in the Greek Cup final of 2019.<\/p>\n

His journey as footballer has never been smooth. Loan spells, a place on the bench or the stands, doubt\u2026 Even during his first months in Thessaloniki, featuring in the shadow of Aleksandar Prijovi\u0107<\/strong>, AK47 started doubting his decision to come to Greece.<\/p>\n

Everything changed in January. After the Serbian strike left PAOK, the coast was clear for the Englishman to get a spot in the regular line-up and Akpom responded to the challenge in flying colours. Under the guidance of R\u0103zvan Lucescu<\/strong>, he became a mighty weapon for PAOK, contributing in goals and other duties on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Akpom found his footballing Ithaca in Thessaloniki, made the most of his opportunities, enjoying now the two titles won.<\/p>\n

Back in London, his journey attracted media interest. ITV News<\/strong> decided to record Chuba\u2019s life in a very interesting documentary.<\/p>\n

From his childhood in London\u2019s hoods to Arsenal and the other teams who got his loan services, all the way to the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d. The MVP of the Greek Cup final is presented in the following video.<\/p>\n