Kingsley Michael

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Kingsley Michael
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Dogo Michael [1]
Date of birth (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Owerri, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 DSV Leoben
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2017 Abuja
2017–2018 Bologna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Bologna 3 (0)
2018–2019 → Perugia (loan) 25 (1)
2019–2020 → Cremonese (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → Reggina (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → SV Ried (loan) 13 (0)
2023– DSV Leoben 16 (0)
International career‡
2015 Nigeria U17 7 (1)
2021– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team [2]

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Club career

He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017 [3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field. [4]

On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan. [5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco. [6]

He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.

On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020. [7]

On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season. [8]

On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria. [9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early. [10]

International

He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, [11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil, [12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.

He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "2022 World Cup: Nigeria announce expanded squad for qualifiers". BBC. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kingsley Michael signs for Bologna". Bologna. 29 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cagliari v Bologna game report". ESPN. 22 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kingsley joins Perugia". Bologna. 15 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, Kingsley Michael in prestito alla Cremonese" . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Calciomercato Reggina: ufficiale, arrivano Orji Okwonwko e Michael Kingsley" [Reggina transfer market: official, Orji Okwonwko and Michael Kingsley arrive]. CityNow (in Italian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kingsley Michael spielt für die SV Guntamatic Ried" (in German). SV Ried. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "LEIHVERTRAG MIT KINGSLEY MICHAEL WURDE AUFGELÖST" [Loan of Kingsley Michael terminated] (in German). SV Ried. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria v Guinea game report". Confederation of African Football. 1 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Brazil v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cape Verde v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
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