Ike Udeh

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Ike Udeh
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-06) September 6, 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1993–1996 Alabama A&M
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997 Kansas City Wizards 0 (0)
1998 Jacksonville Cyclones 8 (0)
International career
0000 Nigeria U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ike Udeh is a retired Nigerian football (soccer) striker who played one season in Major League Soccer and one in the USISL.

Udeh played on both the Nigerian U-17 and U-21 teams before moving to the United States to attend Alabama A&M. On February 1, 1997, the Kansas City Wizards selected Udeh in the second round (seventeenth overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft. [1] The Wizards waived him on June 17, 1997. [2] In July, he signed with the Carolina Dynamo. [3] but an automobile accident left him severely injured. and he spent nine months in rehabilitation during which he earned his master's degree from Alabama A&M. [4] In May 1998, he joined the Jacksonville Cyclones of the USISL. [5]

Udeh has an extensive resume of coaching high school soccer teams in Alabama. [6]

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References

  1. 1997 MLS Draft
  2. June 17, 1997 Transactions
  3. DYNAMO GETS TO PLAY AT HOME DURING AUGUST Greensboro News & Record - Tuesday, July 22, 1997
  4. NET IMPORTS Cyclones seek scoring The Florida Times-Union - Thursday, May 21, 1998
  5. Jacksonville.com: **Sports** Defense fails Cyclones in loss 05/11/98
  6. Soccer Foundation Academy: Ike Udeh [ permanent dead link ]