Ifeanyi Edeh

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Ifeanyi Ede
Personal information
Full name Ifeanyi Benjamin Ede [1]
Date of birth (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria [2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward [1] [3]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Ocean Boys 15 (8)
2010–2012 Enyimba 17 (8)
2012 Enugu Rangers 12 (7)
2013–2016 Enyimba 52 (28)
2016–2017 Tirana 21 (6)
2017–2018 Al-Nasr
2018–2019 Fasil Kenema
International career‡
2014– Nigeria [2] 9 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:55, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:55, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Ifeanyi Benjamin Ede (born 5 December 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. [4] [2]

Contents

Club career

Tirana

On 19 August 2016, Ede completed a transfer to Albania's most successful club Tirana as a free agent, signing a two-year contract. [5] [6] He was presented on the same day along with Romuald Ntsitsigui where he was allocated squad number 11. [5] He made his debut a day later in the friendly against Apolonia Fier where he also netted his first goal. contributing in a 2–0 win at Selman Stërmasi Stadium. [7] Later on 7 September, Ede played his first competitive match in the opening league match against Teuta Durrës which finished in a goalless draw; he played full-90 minutes. [8] He scored his first goal in the matchday 5 against Flamurtari Vlorë, helping Tirana to get the first win of the season after four consecutive draws. [9] [10]

International career

In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited Ede to be included in the Nigeria national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship. [11] [12] He helped the team to a third-place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil. [13] [14]

Career statistics

As of 15 February 2019 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tirana 2016–17 Albanian Superliga 26611—272
Career total26611—272

Honours

Tirana

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ifeanyi Ede". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ifeanyi Ede". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Keshi names Chan squad". kickoffnigeria.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ http://westafricanfootball.com/
  5. 1 2 "Sulmuesi nigerian Edeh firmos 2-vite bardheblu" (in Albanian). KF Tirana. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "IFEANYI EDEH SHUNS MOROCCO TO JOIN ALBANIAN CLUB". African Football. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Edeh debuton me gol te Tirana, Skënderbeu i "falet" Latifit (FOTO)" (in Albanian). Panorama.al. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Teuta-Tirana, start me barazim" (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Tirana e bukur, vjen fitorja e parë" (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tirana kthehet 5 dekada pas, start i dobët si në vitet '60" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria name final squad for 2014 CHAN". Yahoo News. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Nigeria win Chan bronze". kickoff.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Nigeria - I. Ede - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2020.


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