Jesurun Uchegbulam

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Jesurun Uchegbulam
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic
Number 17
Youth career
AC Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2018 Stockport Town
2018–2021 Mossley 32 (4)
2021–2022 Matlock Town 32 (7)
2022–2023 Chesterfield 34 (2)
2023–2024 Rochdale 30 (1)
2024– Oldham Athletic 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025

Jesurun Uchegbulam (born 1 January 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for English club Oldham Athletic, as a winger. [2]

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Early life

Uchegbulam was born in Lagos and moved to Italy as a young child. [3] After his parents lost their jobs the family moved to England, when he was 15, settling in Harpurhey. [3]

Career

Early career

Uchegbulam joined the youth team of AC Milan at the age of 7. [3] After his family move to England, he had a trial with Everton, but he was not signed by the club after he had heart surgery. [3] He also had trials with Sheffield Wednesday, Wigan Athletic, Brentford and Salford City. [4] [5]

He then spent time in non-league football with Stockport Town and Mossley, for whom he was named the fans' young player of the year in June 2020, [6] having scored four goals in 32 league appearances for the club. [7] He joined Matlock Town in May 2021, [8] scoring 9 goals in 38 appearances for the Northern Premier League Premier Division club, [5] [9]

Chesterfield

In July 2022, Uchegbulam signed his first professional contract with Chesterfield. [4] [5] [10] [3] By September 2022 he was appearing for the club primarily as a substitute, [11] and he scored his first goal for the club that month. [12]

Rochdale

On 11 August 2023, Uchegbulam signed for Rochdale for a nominal undisclosed fee. [13]

Oldham Athletic

On 3 July 2024, Uchegbulam signed for Oldham Athletic. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jeserum Uchegbulam". Mosseleyweb.com.
  2. ↑ Jesurun Uchegbulam at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "From AC Milan to Chesterfield via heart surgery". BBC Sport.
  4. 1 2 "Winger signs for Spireites | Chesterfield FC".
  5. 1 2 3 "Chesterfield fend off competition from other clubs to sign rapid winger". Derbyshire Times.
  6. ↑ "Virtual awards for Lilleywhites". Tamesidecorrespomdent.co.uk. 17 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Statistics". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Matlock Town sign former AC Milan youngster-Matlock Town have completed the signing of winger Jesurun Uchegbulam". Derbyshire Times.
  9. ↑ "Matlock Town | Appearances | Jesurun Uchegbulam | 2021-2022". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Spireites set to sign rapid winger who was at AC Milan as kid and had trials at EFL clubs". Derbyshire Times.
  11. ↑ "'Progressing nicely' - is exciting prospect Jez ready to start games regularly?". Derbyshire Times.
  12. ↑ "'Heaven' - Jez opens up about life as a pro footballer at Spireites after scoring his first goal". Derbyshire Times.
  13. ↑ "Dale Sign Winger Uchegbulam". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Jes Makes Latics Switch". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.
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