Emeka Ezeugo

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Emeka Ezeugo
Personal information
Full name Emeka Ezeugo
Date of birth (1965-12-16) 16 December 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Abia Warriors (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 East Bengal
1987–1989 Mohammedan SC
1989–1990 Enugu Rangers
1990 Pahang FA 34 (2)
1990–1992 Lyngby Boldklub 3 (0)
1992 Boldklubben Frem 20 (4)
1993–1994 Aalborg BK 4 (0)
1994 Budapest Honvéd 4 (0)
1994–1995 Fremad Amager ? (?)
1995–1997 La Coruna B ? (?)
1997 Mohun Bagan 4 (0)
1997–1998 Churchill Brothers ? (?)
1998 Hershey Wildcats 16 (1)
1998–1999 Porthmadog ? (?)
1999 Connecticut Wolves 19 (3)
2000 Deportivo Wanka
2001 Estudiantes de Medicina
International career
1988 Nigeria 3 (0)
1992–1994 Nigeria 11 (0)
Managerial career
2002 BMCC Athletics
2003–2005 Deportivo Municipal
2005–2008 City Tech
2008 Churchill Brothers
2011–2012 Dhaka Mohameddan
2013– Abia Warriors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emeka Ezeugo (born 16 December 1965) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He debuted as a professional footballer for Indian club East Bengal FC, [1] has also represented the Nigeria national team in the FIFA World Cup. [2] He last managed Abia Warriors FC as a football coach.

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Club career

Ezeugo was born in Aba. He played professionally for clubs in five different continents during a 15-year playing career after starting his career at East Bengal. [3]

He started for Bangladeshi club, Mohammedan, towards the end of the 1980s. [4] He later moved to the Danish League with middle of the table club Lyngby BK and prospered so much that he made it to the Nigerian national team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He came to India for a short spell in 1997 to play a few matches for Mohun Bagan AC. [5]

International career

Ezeugo first played for the Nigeria national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [6] Nicknamed "Emmy", he obtained 11 caps for the national team between 1992 and 1994, and was a member of the team that competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [7]

Coaching career

Ezeugo holds a US Soccer Federation coaching license and a KNVB Netherlands international license. Ezeugo has an envious coaching record over the past seven years, as he successfully completed his transition from player to coach that included a stint as the head coach at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College in 2002. In 2003 coached the Deportivo Municipal, Lima for two seasons before coming back to the United States, on 15 August 2005 was named as the new men's soccer coach at CUNY New York City College of Technology, [8] here was between 2008.

Ezeugo spent summers 2004 to 2006 coaching at Camp Chateaugay, a summer camp located in New York's Adirondack Mountains for kids ages 7 to 15.

On 19 April 2008, he returned to India and signed a contract as head coach by his former club Churchill Brothers SC [9] on 5 September 2008 was released from his contract. [10]

He was then the chief coach of Heartland, a position he assumed less than a month ago.[ when? ]

On 31 October 2013, he was named the head coach of the newly promoted Nigeria Premier League team Abia Warriors. [11]

Personal life

Emeka's brother Valentine Ezuego, a former footballer in India, recommended the former Nigerian World Cupper to Churchill Bros patron Churchill Alemao.

Conversion

In February 2012, while he was coach of Mohammedan Sporting Club of Bangladesh, he converted to Islam. [12]

Honours

Individual

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