Echezona Anyichie

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Echezona Anyichie
Personal information
Full name Celestine Echezona Anyichie
Date of birth (1990-05-14) 14 May 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 George Telegraph
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 AC Oulu
2008–2010 Dolphin
2010–2011 Samutsongkhram
2011–2012 Southern Samity 6 (0)
2012–2014 Mohun Bagan 42 (0)
2014–2017 Royal Wahingdoh 0 (0)
2017 Chennai City 17 (0)
2018 Mohammedan 9 (1)
2018 George Telegraph 15 (2)
2018–2019 Chhinga Veng 10 (1)
2019–2020 George Telegraph 26 (3)
2021–2022 Bhawanipore 18 (2)
2023– Bodoland FC 1 (0)
International career
2003 Nigeria U-17 6 (0)
2005–2006 Nigeria U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Celestine Echezona Anyichie (born 14 May 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a defender for George Telegraph in the Calcutta Football League. [1]

Contents

Career

Finland

Eche had a trial in Finland for top tier Finnish club HJK Helsinki, [2] but failed to earn a contract. He then signed for another Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu. [3] [4]

Nigeria

After the stint in Finland he returned to Nigeria to play for Dolphins F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League. [5] [6] [7]

Thailand

He had a brief spell in Thailand Premier League for Samut Songkhram F.C. [8]

India

Southern Samity signed Echezona for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. Though his team failed to qualify his performance was appreciated, and thus Mohun Bagan AC signed him up on a 1-year contract for 2012–13 I-League. [9] He has also played for Chennai City during the 2016–17 I-League Season. In 2020–21, he appeared with Calcutta Football League club Bhawanipore. [10]

International

He has represented Nigeria in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He started all the matches for his country in the group stages and played alongside the likes of Mikel John Obi and Chinedu Obasi. [11]

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  11. ↑ "Echezona Anyichie. Record at FIFA Tournaments". FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009.
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