Izu Azuka

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Izu Azuka
Personal information
Full name Izu Bobo Azuka
Date of birth (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2008 Sharks (–)
2008–2010 JS Kabylie 32 (22)
2011 Al-Ittihad Tripoli (–)
2011–2012 Sunshine Stars (–)
2013 Espérance 0 (0)
2013Hammam-Lif (loan) 6 (4)
2013–2014 Kahramanmaraşspor 27 (12)
2014 Gaziantep BB 15 (9)
2015 Irtysh Pavlodar 17 (7)
2015 Taraz 8 (3)
2016 Yeni Malatyaspor 9 (0)
2017 Akzhayik 17 (5)
2017 Mağusa Türk Gücü 2 (0)
2017–2018 Jamshedpur 17 (3)
2018–2019 Fasil Kenema S.C. 24 (11)
International career
2011 Nigeria U-23 4 (2)
2012– Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Izu Azuka (born 24 May 1989) is a Nigerian former football player.

Contents

Club career

On 26 November 2008, Azuka signed a two-year contract with Algerian club JS Kabylie after playing with Nigerian side Sharks F.C. [1] In December 2010, his contract was not renewed as he made just 4 league appearances in the 2010–11 season.

On 2 January 2011, Azuka joined Libyan side Al-Ittihad Tripoli on a free transfer from JS Kabylie. [2] [3]

He then signed for Sunshine Stars F.C. of Akure in December 2011, a squad which eliminated Ittihad in the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup. [4]

On 7 September 2012, Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis announced that they had reached a deal with Sunshine Stars for Azuka. [5] He joined the club in December when the transfer window opens and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.

In February 2015, Azuka joined Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar on a one-year contract. [6] Moving to fellow Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Taraz July of the same year. [7]

Azuka joined Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor at 4 January 2016. [8]

International career

He was called up by Olympic coach Augustine Eguavoen for the June 2011 qualifier against Tanzania. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2017 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CS Hammam-Lif 2012–13 CLP-1 600060
Kahramanmaraşspor 2013–14 TFF First League 13520155
Gaziantep BB 2013–14 TFF First League 15400154
Irtysh Pavlodar 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 18310183
Taraz 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 810081
Yeni Malatyaspor 2015–16 TFF First League 900090
Akzhayik 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 1750000175
Mağusa Türk Gücü [11] 2017–18 KTFF Süper Lig 200020
Jamshedpur 2017–18 Indian Super League 173173
Career total1072130----0010721

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  2. اللاعب النيجيري اسو ازوكا يوقع للزعيم [ permanent dead link ]
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  4. SUNSHINE GRABS AL-ITTIHAD’S HIT MAN, AZUKA
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