Kingsley Amuneke

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Kingsley Amuneke
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-26) 26 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Eziobodo, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Julius Berger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2000 Eendracht Aalst 16 (0)
1999–2000Denderhoutem (loan)
2000–2002 Denderhoutem
2002–2003 Fornos de Algodres
2003–2004 Mangualde
2004–2006 Landskrona BoIS 11 (0)
2007 IFK Värnamo
2008–2010 Asmundtorps IF
2011 07 Vestur 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kingsley Amuneke (born 26 July 1980) Nigerian former footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Football career

Born in Eziobodo, Amuneke played professionally for two clubs in Belgium and for Landskrona BoIS in the Swedish Allsvenskan. [1] He is the younger brother of Emmanuel Amunike, and the older sibling of another footballer, Kevin Amuneke; [2] all three spent some time playing in Portugal.

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References

  1. "Kingsley Amuneke facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  2. Scott, Carl-Gustaf (16 September 2015). African Footballers in Sweden: Race, Immigration, and Integration in the Age of Globalization. Springer. ISBN   978-1-1375-3509-2.