{"id":1457,"date":"2021-07-02T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2021-07-02T14:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:19:18","slug":"kachosa-signs-pro-contract-with-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"Kachosa Signs Pro Contract With Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Exciting Zimbabwe and former Leeds starlet Ethan Kachosa has signed his first professional contract with Sunderland just few weeks after joining the club. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18-year-old highly rated defender has been rewarded with a two-year contract and is part of the new U23 recruitment after a successful trial spell where he scored on his debut for the Under 18s against Everton in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Delighted to sign my first professional contract at this great club <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunderlandAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SunderlandAFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HJ3LZQR4TB\">pic.twitter.com\/HJ3LZQR4TB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ethan Kachosa (@ethanka16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethanka16\/status\/1410679438174531584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kachosa was part of Leeds\u2019 academy, along with fellow Zimbabwean Jimiel Takunda Chikukwa, and featured prominently in the U18 squad before his departure a few weeks ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was named the best Academy player at Leeds in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunderland have confirmed the deal alongside other five new players for their under-23 squad as preparations for the 2021\/22 season continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under-23 head coach Elliott Dickman said he was pleased for the new signings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to have made the signings we have \u2013 we\u2019ve had a good look at them and they\u2019ve also seen what we\u2019re all about, &#8221; Dickman said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Alongside our existing squad, they will get plenty of support in their development and as staff, we will help them work hard for their opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last season was really positive in terms of the squad and their collective progression, and I\u2019m confident that the new additions will ensure that the group continues on that same path both as a team and as individuals,\u201d said Dickman <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Cats\u2019 second string narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight of Premier League 2 last season after a penalty defeat to Crystal Palace in the play-off final<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teenager star who was born in England to Zimbabwean parents is eligible to play for both Zimbabwe Warriors and the English Three Lions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting Zimbabwe and former Leeds starlet Ethan Kachosa has signed his first professional contract with Sunderland just few weeks after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210702_110522-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}