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DORGU PLAYS ON A WING AND A PRAYER
Daily Star Sunday
|May 18, 2025
PATRICK DORGU'S middle name is Chinazaekpere - which translates as 'God Answers Prayers.
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And the defender is putting his faith in prayer to help Manchester United beat Tottenham in the Europa League Final on Wednesday night to deliver a place in the Champions League.
Dorgu, the Copenhagen-born wing-back of Nigerian heritage, inherited his strong religious beliefs from his parents. He said: "My family are religious and the reason they gave me my middle name was because of the meaning behind it.
"They told me at a young age what it meant. It comes from my Ebo heritage. My family's culture is something I learned about.
This story is from the May 18, 2025 edition of Daily Star Sunday.
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