Emmanuel Uchegbu

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Emmanuel Uchegbu
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Chimeroucheya Uchegbu
Date of birth (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 20)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Crown Legacy FC
Number 70
Youth career
Golden Boot Soccer Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2023 Plateau United
2023–2024 AS Trenčín 27 (4)
2025– Crown Legacy FC 0 (0)
International career
2023– Nigeria U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 19 December 2024

Emmanuel Chimeroucheya Uchegbu (born 5 February 2005) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Crown Legacy FC in the MLS Next Pro. [1]

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Club career

He was a member of the Golden Boot Soccer Academy. [2] He also played for Plateau United in the Nigeria Professional Football League. [3] He joined AS Trencin in September 2023 agreeing a two-year contract. [4] He made his debut in the Slovak Super Liga on 25 February 2024, at home against Slovan Bratislava. [5]

International career

He scored for Nigeria U20 against a Moroccan U23 side in February 2023. [6] He was a member of the Nigerian U20 team at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [7]

Style of play

He has been described as a winger. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Emmanuel Uchegbu". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ajax, Heerenveen keeping tabs on Trencin's N2.6b-rated Nigeria U20 star Emmanuel Uchegbu". All Nigeria Soccer. April 13, 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ajax hopes to prevent a new Leon Bailey scenario with the arrival of Uchegbu from Trencin". Voetbal.headliner.nl. April 14, 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "AS TRENCIN SNAP UP 3 NIGERIAN TEENAGERS FROM GBS ACADEMY". All Nigeria Soccer. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "TRENČÍN VS. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 0 – 2". Soccerway. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Oseghe, Edward (February 16, 2023). "U-20 AFCON 2023: Flying Eagles beat Moroccan Club 6–1 in style". Nigerian Observer News. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ladan Bosso announce Flying Eagles' 25-man squad for U-20 Africa Cup of Nations". Pulsesports.co.ke. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "'Ineffective' wingers worry Flying Eagles ahead biggest U20 AFCON test today". Score Nigeria. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.


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