Benjamin Onwuachi

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Benjamin Onwuachi
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
2000–2003 Reggiana
2003–2004 Juventus
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Juventus 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Salernitana (loan) 15 (4)
2005–2006 Standard Liège 0 (0)
2006–2009 Ionikos 68 (21)
2008–2009 → APOEL (loan) 20 (8)
2009–2011 Kavala 55 (20)
2011–2012 AEL Limassol 10 (0)
2012 Panetolikos 9 (0)
2012–2013 Skoda Xanthi 21 (6)
2013–2014 Iraklis 23 (3)
2014 Oțelul Galați 1 (0)
2014 Salam Zgharta
2016 Ionikos
2016 Aiginiakos 6 (0)
2017–2018 Nerostellati 18 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Onwuachi (born 9 April 1984 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker. Onwuachi started his career in the youth ranks of Reggiana. He continued in the academies of Juventus where he didn't manage to establish himself in the first team. He then moved to Belgium to play for Standard Liège. After a season in Belgium he moved to Greece in 2006, where he played for several clubs having also spells in Albania and Cyprus.

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Club career

He began his career in Reggiana academies in Italy in 2002. In 2003, he played only a game scoring one goal for Juventus (he was purchased by Juventus for €420,000 [1] ). In the 2004–05 season he went on loan to Salernitana where he played 18 games and scored 6 goals. The 2005–06 season he signed a 2-year deal with Belgian side Standard Liège but failed to play a single match.

Ionikos

Midway through the 2005–06 season, he went to Greece and joined the team of Ionikos. In 2006–07 season Ionikos fell in the Second National Division of Greece, 2007–08 Beta Ethniki, and he decided to leave the club. The administration of Ionikos did not agree with this, but unfortunately they did not manage to change his decision.

In October 2007, he returned to Nikaia, at Ionikos, at a point where the club campaigned for a promotion in the Super League Greece. That year he played in 27 games and had 14 goals, so that he ranked 3rd in the scorerlist of the division! Unfortunately the club did not achieve promotion to the first division. In the match against PAS Giannina which Ionikos won 4–1, Onwuachi scored 2 goals.

APOEL

The next year the budget of Ionikos fell and in July 2008, Onwuachi went on loan to APOEL. For APOEL he played in 23 games in the championship and scored 8 goals helping the team to win the Cypriot First Division and the Super Cup of season 2008–09. In May 2009, the player and the chairman of APOEL, Phivos Erotokritou, did not agree on signing a new contract and Onwuachi returned to Greece to Ionikos.

Kavala

On 20 August 2009, he signed a 4-years contract with the newly promoted in Super League Greece team of Kavala. His first season with his new team, was excellent because he became 4th in top scorers of Super League Greece, scoring 10 goals. In August 2011, FIFA canceled his contract with the club after they failed to pay his salary for two consecutive months. [2]

AEL Limassol

On 25 August 2011, he signed with AEL Limassol in Cyprus, [3] but he was released from the club in January 2012.

Panetolikos

On 26 January 2012, he returned to Greece and signed a 6-month contract with Panetolikos. [4] On 26 April 2012, after the conclusion of the season, Onwuachi and Panetolikos parted their ways, as he could not fit into the team. [5] [6]

Skoda Xanthi

On 6 June 2012, Onwuachi signed a contract with Xanthi. [6]

Iraklis

On 19 July 2013, Onwuachi signed a contract with Iraklis. [7] He made his league debut for Iraklis on 30 September 2013 in an away loss against Kavala. [8] He scored his first goal for the club on 13 January 2013, in an away win against Ethnikos Gazoros. [9]

Statistics

Last updated 1 June 2012

SeasonClubCompetitionAppsGoals
2003–04 Juventus Serie A 00
2004–05 Salernitana Serie B 154
2005–06 Standard Liège Belgian First Division 00
2005–06 Ionikos Super League Greece 133
2006–07 Ionikos Super League Greece 284
2007–08 Ionikos Beta Ethniki 2714
2008–09 APOEL Cypriot First Division 208
2009–10 AO Kavala Super League Greece 2810
2010–11 AO Kavala Super League Greece 2710
2011–12 AEL Limassol Cypriot First Division 100
2011–12 Panetolikos Super League Greece 90
2012–13 Skoda Xanthi Super League Greece 226
2013–14 Iraklis Football League 233

Honours

APOEL

References

  1. ↑ "Reports and Financial Statements at 30 June 2005" (PDF). Juventus FC. 25 October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Onwuachi cleared to quit Kavala". BBC News.
  3. ↑ "AEL left the best for the end". Sigma Live. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.panetolikos.gr/archives/news/item/2406-ypegrapse-onwuathsi.html%5B%5D
  5. ↑ "Camara and Onwuachi leave Panetolikos". panetolikos.gr. 26 April 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. 1 2 "Απέκτησε Ονουάτσι η Ξάνθη! (Xanthi got Onwuachi!)" (in Greek). SentraGoal. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ ο Benjamin Onwuachi" (in Greek). Iraklis FC official website. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Τραγικός αμυντικά Ηρακλής απογοήτευσε στην Καβάλα (in Greek). BleArena.gr. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Τρίτη θέση και η αντεπίθεση συνεχίζεται... (in Greek). BleArena.gr. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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