Azubuike Egwuekwe

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Azubuike Egwuekwe
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Personal information
Full name Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe [1]
Date of birth (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Lafia, Nigeria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Nasarawa United
2007–2008 Yerima Strikers
2008–2015 Warri Wolves
2016–2017 KuPS 50 (5)
2017–2018 SuperSport United 12 (2)
2018–2019 Al-Nasr Benghazi
2019–2020 Rivers United 4 (0)
International career‡
2012–2015 Nigeria 35 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2013 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe MON (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

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Club career

Born in Lafia, Egwuekwe played club football for Nasarawa United, Yerima Strikers, Warri Wolves, KuPS and SuperSport United. [1] [2]

After a year at Libyan club Al-Nasr Benghazi, Egwuekwe returned to Nigeria and joined Rivers United in September 2019. [3]

International career

He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012, [1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [4] He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. [5] He was also selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, [6] and the 2014 African Nations Championship. [7]

Honours

Orders

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Azubuike Egwuekwe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Azubuike Egwuekwe at Soccerway . Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Egwuekwe Joins Rivers United On One-Year Deal From Libyan Club, completesports.com, 9 September 2019
  4. ↑ Azubuike Egwuekwe – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (1 January 2014). "Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi names weakened CHAN Squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.


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