Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Oghene Ochukwu Akpudje | ||
Date of birth | 23 July 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
Femmak Football Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | MFM | 29 | (2) |
2020–2022 | Daugavpils | 44 | (0) |
2022 | → Panevėžys (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Jablonec | 14 | (0) |
2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Ilves | 10 | (0) |
International career | |||
2019 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 |
Joshua Oghene-Ochuko Akpudje (born 23 July 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Veikkausliiga club Ilves. [1]
Born in Lagos, Akpudje started his football career with Femmak Football Academy straight out of high school before joining Nigerian Professional Football League side MFM ahead of the abridged season in 2019.
On 3 March 2020, Akpudje completed a transfer to Latvian club BFC Daugavpils [2]
After playing for two seasons in Latvia, Akpudje moved to Lithuanian side FK Panevėžys [3] [4] on loan in February 2022.
On 12 February 2024, Akpudje signed a two-year contract, with the option of a third, with Dinamo Tbilisi. [5]
On 11 July 2024, he moved to Finland after signing with Ilves in Veikkausliiga. [6]
Akpudje made his international debut for Nigeria U23 side in March 2019 against Libya [7] in an Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification game.
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
MFM | 2019 | NPFL | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | NPFL | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | ||||
Total | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
Daugavpils | 2020 | Virslīga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||
2021 | Virslīga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||
2022 | Virslīga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||
Total | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
Panevėžys (loan) | 2022 | A Lyga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Jablonec | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
Jablonec B | 2022–23 | ČFL | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Ilves | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Career total | 130 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 0 |
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