Onyeama Francis Okechukwu

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Onyeama Francis okechukwu
Personal information
Full name Onyeama Francis Okechukwu
Date of birth (1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Churchill Brothers. [1]
Number 3
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Okwu United FC
Perfect United FC
Southern Samity
Dynamo Sports Club
Railway FC
United Sports Club
Tezpur United FC
Sunrise Athletic Club
Tuff Laxmi Prasad Sports Club [2]
Hindustan Eagles FC
Ramhlun North FC [3]
Arrows Football Club
Peerless
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Onyeama Francis Okechukwu is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. [4]

Personal life and career

Francis was born in Nigeria on 13 April 1991. [5] He started his career in the youth team in Nigeria.

Francis Okechukwu came to India. He has played for clubs like Southern Samity, [6] Railway FC, United S.C., and Peerless in the Calcutta Football League and I-League 2nd Division. [7] He also represented Tezpur United FC and Sunrise Athletic Club in the Assam Football League. He also played for Hindustan Eagles FC [8] in Chennai.

In 2018, he signed for Churchill Brothers in the 2017-18 I-League Season. He scored in the debut game against Gokulam FC [9] [10] and helped the team to draw against Gokulam FC. [11]

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  10. "Francis stars on debut with late equaliser for Red Machines". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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