Emmanuel Unaka

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Emmanuel Unaka
Personal information
Place of birth Nigeria
Position(s) Defender [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 Clementi Khalsa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Unaka is a Nigerian former footballer who is last known to have plied his trade with Clementi Khalsa of the Singaporean S.League in 2001.


Singapore

For uttering racial pejoratives at each other during a game, Unaka and Singaporean striker Toh Choon Ming were brought before the S.League Disciplinary Committee in August 2001, [2] each getting a four-match ban and fined 29000 Singaporean dollars. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Behave".
  2. "Players accused of racist taunts".