Henry Chidozie Ugwunna

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Henry Chidozie Ugwunna
Personal information
Full name Henry Chidozie Ugwunna
Date of birth (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Emo, Nigeria [1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 VV PRINSENLAND 37 goals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Arapiraquense 3 (0 [2] )
2013 Clube de Regatas Brasil 5 (0)
2013–2014 Haaglandia 13 (8)
2014 FC Haka 21 (4 [3] )
2015–2016 Ilves 4 (1)
2019– VV Prinsenland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2014

Henry Chidozie Ugwunna (born 19 May 1989) is a Nigerian football forward who plays for VV Prinsenland. [1] [2] He also holds Finnish citizenship. [4]

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Club career

In February 2015, Ugwunna joined the Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Ilves. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Henry Ugwunna". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chidozie Ugwunna ja Ilves yksivuotiseen sopimukseen | Ilves Jalkapallon edustusjoukkue". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "CHIDOZIE HENRY UGWUNNA". Archived from the original on 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "#14 Ugwunna, Chidozie" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga . Retrieved 8 June 2021.


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