Odisha’s Bekey Oram Scores Victory Goal Against Jordan At WAFF U-16 Football Championship

Jordan: The State Sports and Youth Department tweeted on Thursday congratulating Odisha boy Bekey Oram, Jersey number eight, who hit the victory goal for India against hosts Jordan at the ongoing WAFF U-16 Football Championship 2018.

Displaying a great strength and skill, India defeated Jordan, one of the strongest contenders which had qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup, 4-0 and the team is set to follow the same spirit in all upcoming matches.

Bekey is an inmate of Bolangir sports hostel and also the captain of Odisha state sub-junior football team. He is the younger brother of Rakesh Kumar Oram, a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mumbai city in the Indian Super League.

This match on Wednesday was a pre-season game ahead of the much-anticipated AFC U-16 Championships in Malaysia next month. This clash is a part of the fifth edition of the West Asian Football Federation and will act as an ‘exposure tour’ for the Indian team, which will be facing China, Japan and Yemen next.

The boys had earlier travelled to China, Thailand and Malaysia on an exposure tours prior to the championship.