Eke Uzoma

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Eke Uzoma
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Uzoma training with 1860 Munich in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Owerri, Nigeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Viktoria Berlin
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2005 Eleme United
2005 Alemannia Mühlheim
2005–2007 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 SC Freiburg 54 (2)
20101860 Munich (loan) 6 (0)
2010–2012 1860 Munich 2 (0)
2011Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 10 (0)
2012–2013 Pécs 43 (1)
2014 SV Sandhausen 1 (0)
2014–2015 Pécs 21 (1)
2015 Spartak Subotica 10 (0)
2016 Chemnitzer FC 10 (0)
2016–2017 Berliner AK 07 31 (0)
2017–2018 Balmazújváros 33 (0)
2018–2021 Budapest Honvéd 48 (2)
2021–2022 Tiszakécske FC 29 (0)
2022–2023 Tennis Borussia Berlin 15 (2)
2023– Viktoria Berlin 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2023

Eke Uzoma // ( Loudspeaker.svg listen ) (born 11 August 1989) is a Nigerian-Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Viktoria Berlin. [1]

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Career

Uzoma was born in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. He began his professional career with SC Freiburg. His first real impact in the German football world came when he scored a goal against 1. FC Köln on 26 September 2007, in only his fourth match. This goal was voted goal of the week on German football show Sportschau and was nominated for goal of the month. In 2009, he helped SC Freiburg earn promotion to the Bundesliga. [2] On 24 October 2009, he made his first appearance in the Bundesliga for Freiburg and became the 5,000th player in the history of the Bundesliga. [3]

On 1 January 2010, he was loaned to TSV 1860 Munich [4] and he transferred eventually to 1860 Munich in summer 2010. [5]

After playing the first half of the 2015–16 season in the Serbian SuperLiga with FK Spartak Subotica, in the winter-break he returned to Germany, this time by signing with Chemnitzer FC. [5]

Following a season with Hungarian club Tiszakécske FC in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, Uzoma moved to Tennis Borussia Berlin of the Regionalliga Nordost. [6]

Honors

SC Freiburg

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References

  1. Eke Uzoma at kicker (in German)
  2. "Eke Uzoma aus dem Asylbewerberheim in die Zweite Liga" (in German). welt.de. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. "Uzoma - 5000. Bundesligaprofi!". kicker (in German). 24 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  4. "Neue Nummer 22: Uzoma verstärkt die Löwen" (in German). tsv1860.de. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 Eke Uzoma at Soccerway
  6. "Uzoma ist bei Tennis Borussia Berlin sofort mittendrin". kicker (in German). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.