Leicester City boss Sven Goran Eriksson has used his African contacts to sign Daniel Uchechi.

The 21-year-old joins from Nigerian club, FC Dender and follows the loan signings of Manchester City defender, Ben Mee and Everton striker Yakubu, the permanent signing of Sol Bamba from Hibernian and the extension of Tottenham Hotspur full-back, Kyle Naughton's loan until the end of the season.

After moving to England in 2002, he began his career at Charlton Athletic, before moving to West Ham United, representing their youth and reserve teams respectively.

Uchechi excelled for Nigeria at both under-20 and under-23 level, taking part in the FIFA under-20 World Cup and impressing in the last 16 stage in the 2009 tournament, scoring the opening goal of the game against Germany, before the Super Eagles lost 3-2 and exited the competition.