Tyronne Ebuehi's Tough Road Back to Top Form

At the end of the 2017/18 season, Tyronne Ebuehi was one of the brightest young talents in European football, his impressive performances helped ADO Den Haag to a 7th place finish in the Eredivisie. And in the same summer in which he was part of Nigeria's World Cup campaign in Russia 2018, Ebuehi joined Benfica on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract with ADO Den Haag.

Just as he was about to embark on the next stage of his career, tragedy struck. Tyronne Ebuehi ruptured his cruciate knee ligament in a pre-season game when Benfica faced Juventus in the International Champions Cup.  Just like that, his Benfica career was over before it even started, Ebuehi missed the entire 2018/19 season and didn't play a single football match between July 2018 and September 2019.

When he did return, he had already lost his place in the Benfica team and he wasn't considered ready enough for first-team action, all 13 of his appearances in the 2019/20 season came with Benfica B and the Under-23 side. After such a long layoff, it's only normal that Ebuehi's stock dropped. He returned to the country of his birth, the Netherlands where he signed a season-long loan deal with FC Twente and no one really knew what to expect.

His Eredivisie debut for Twente on the 12th of September 2020 was his first senior league game since the 14th of April 2018 when he played his last game for ADO Den Haag coincidentally against Twente. Ebuehi is an attack-minded right full-back who is also capable on the defensive end, the Nigerian international is blessed with the pace and flair of a Brazilian winger. With a serious injury like that, he was expected to have lost some of his pace and to look match-rusty, but he put up a competent performance on debut. He played 75 minutes in a 2-0 win at home to Fortuna Sittard.