Kene Eze

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Kene Eze
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Sayreville, New Jersey
United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
FC Motown
Youth career
2010–2012 WPU Pioneers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Jersey Express 10 (7)
2015 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 (0)
2016–2018 North Geelong Warriors FC 23 (13)
2019– FC Motown 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2019

Kene Eze (born January 21, 1992) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for FC Motown in the National Premier Soccer League.

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Career

College and amateur

A native of Sayreville, New Jersey, Eze attended Sayreville War Memorial High School, where his 106 career goals set a school record. [1]

Eze played four years of college soccer, beginning at William Paterson University in 2010 to 2012 and finishing in 2013 at Rutgers University. [2]

Professional career

On January 21, 2014, Eze was selected 60th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC. [3] Eze was not signed by Toronto, instead joining USL PDL club Jersey Express for their 2014 season. [4] On January 27, 2015, Eze signed with USL club Pittsburgh Riverhounds. [5]

Move to Australia

In March 2016, Eze relocated to Melbourne, Australia where he signed for National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 club North Geelong Warriors FC. Eze scored two goals on debut for the Warriors in a 7-1 routing of Shepparton South SC in the 2016 FFA Cup. Eze went on to also score on his league debut for North Geelong, netting the second in a 2-0 win over Goulburn Valley Suns FC. [6] He grabbed his second league goal, and fourth overall, in an emphatic 7-2 win over Bendigo City FC in Round 7 of the NPLV2 season. [7] Eze continued his good goalscoring form, grabbing a hattrick in a 5-2 win over FC Clifton Hill at Kevin Bartlett Reserve in Round 5 of the 2016 FFA Cup. [8] He was then selected in "The Corner Flag"'s Team of the Month for April in his conference. [9] Eze grabbed another hattrick for the Warriors in a 3-0 win over table-toppers Whittlesea Ranges FC at Epping Stadium in Round 23 of the NPLV2. [10]

Eze re-signed with North Geelong for the 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria season in December 2016. [11]

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References

  1. Kene Eze - 2010 Men's Soccer, William Paterson University. Accessed August 15, 2016. "Hometown: Sayreville, N.J.High School: Sayreville War Memorial... His school's all-time leading scorer, he also was an all-county and all-division pick in 2008 and 2009... Also a second-team all-state honoree as a junior, he scored 106 career goals"
  2. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". Rutgers University Athletics.
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