Anayo Iwuala

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Anayo Iwuala
Personal information
Full name Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala
Date of birth (1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Al Arabi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Kada City 8 (2)
2019 Delta Force 9 (1)
2019–2021 Enyimba 38 (6)
2021–2023 Espérance de Tunis 19 (0)
2022–2023CR Belouizdad (loan) 23 (4)
2023– Al Arabi 0 (0)
International career
2021– Nigeria 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2021

Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala (born 20 March 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kuwait Premier League club Al Arabi and the Nigeria national team.

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Career

Iwuala signed to Espérance de Tunis at the beginning of the 2021–22 season. In September 2021, Espérance de Tunis played the Super Cup final in which Iwuala scored the only goal of the game helping the team to win the cup. [1]

International career

Iwuala debuted for the Nigeria national team in a 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 27 March 2021. [2]

Honours

Espérance de Tunis

CR Belouizdad

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References

  1. 1 2 "Esperance de Tunis has won the Tunisian Super Cup final for the 2020-2021 season". 25 September 2021.
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Benin vs. Nigeria (0:1)". www.national-football-teams.com.