Onyeka Lucky

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Onyeka Lucky
Personal information
Full name Onyeka Lucky Osemene
Date of birth (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Varzim
Youth career
2013–2014 Leixões
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Salgueiros 14 (9)
2015 Ribeirão 6 (0)
2015–2016 Braga B 1 (0)
2015–2016Trofense (loan) 16 (4)
2017 Sporting Covilhã 9 (3)
2017 Teuta Durrës 9 (0)
2018 Sporting Covilhã 19 (0)
2019–2020 Leiria 29 (4)
2020–2022 Canelas 45 (12)
2022– Varzim 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:08, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Onyeka Lucky Osemene (born 18 June 1995) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Portuguese club Varzim S.C. as a forward.

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In a career spent mostly in Portugal, he played 29 games and scored three goals in the second tier with Braga B and Covilhã (two spells), but spent most of his seasons at a lower level. He also played briefly in the Albanian Kategoria Superiore with Teuta Durrës in 2017.

Club career

Lucky played in the youth ranks of Leixões S.C. before starting his senior career in Portugal's third tier with S.C. Salgueiros and G.D. Ribeirão. He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for S.C. Braga B on 8 August 2015 in a 2–2 draw at G.D. Chaves, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Carlos Fortes. [1]

After a loan in the third tier at C.D. Trofense, Lucky returned to the second level on 9 January 2017 by signing for Filipe Gouveia's S.C. Covilhã. [2] On his debut five days later, he came on at half time for defender Zé Pedro and scored his first professional goal to equalise in a 3–2 home loss to F.C. Penafiel. [3] After a brief spell at KF Teuta Durrës in the Albanian Kategoria Superiore, he returned to Covilhã in January 2018, [4] and rescinded his contract a year later. [5]

On 23 January 2019, Lucky signed for U.D. Leiria in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. [6] Thirteen months later, he terminated his deal due to alleged unpaid wages and signed for CF Canelas 2010 in the same league. [7] The team won promotion to the new Liga 3 in 2020–21, where he scored a career-best eight goals in 21 games in his first season, prompting a move to Varzim S.C. in July 2022. [8]

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References

  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 8 August 2015.
  2. "Onyeka Lucky: mais um avançado para o ataque do Covilhã" [Onyeka Lucky: one more forward for Covilhã's attack]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. Barata, José Pedro (14 January 2017). "SC Covilhã 2–3 FC Penafiel: Manhã recheada de golos na cidade beirã" [SC Covilhã 2–3 FC Penafiel: Morning packed with goals in the Beira city] (in Portuguese). Bola na Rede. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  4. "Avançado Onyeka regressa ao Sp. Covilhã" [Forward Onyeka returns to Sp. Covilhã]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. "Onyeka e Sporting da Covilhã rescindem contrato" [Onyeka and Sporting da Covilhã rescind contract] (in Portuguese). Rádio Covilhã. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. Roque, José (23 January 2019). "Onyeka reforça ataque da UD Leiria" [Onyeka bolsters UD Leiria attack]. Diário de Aveiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  7. Maia, João (7 February 2020). "Três reforços a ter em conta no Campeonato de Portugal" [Three signings to bear in mind in the Campeonato de Portugal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. "Onyeka, ex-jogador do Canelas, reforça o ataque do Varzim" [Onyeka, ex-Canelas player, bolsters Varzim's attack]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.