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Full name | Onyekachi Apam | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 30 December 1986 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
–2003 | Pepsi Football Academy | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Enugu Rangers | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Nice | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2006–2010 | Nice | 105 | (1) | |||||||||||
2010–2014 | Rennes | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||
2014 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 128 | (1) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Nigeria U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008 | Nigeria U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Nigeria | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Onyekachi Apam (born 30 December 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender. [1] He represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the men's football team. [2]
In 2005, Apam tried out for Nice, where he eventually signed. He made 105 appearances and extended his contract to end in 2013 rather than 2012 before transferring to Rennes in 2010. [3] [4] Apam sat out most his time at Rennes due first to a knee injury and later to an ankle injury. [5] [6] He left Rennes in early 2014 after appearing only 23 times in four years and signed with Seattle Sounders FC in September just before the MLS roster freeze. [3] [7] He was released without making an appearance on 5 December. [8]
During his career, Apam represented Nigeria's national team 14 times, including the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship; [9] the 2008 Africa Cup and the Summer Olympics; [10] and the FIFA World Cup [11] and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2010. [12] [3] Nigeria won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics. [13] [14]
On 31 December 2007 in Enugu, Apam's car was stolen and he was kidnapped for forty-five minutes before being released. [16] [17]
Apam's nephew is footballer Lesley Ugochukwu, who also played for Rennes until 2023. [1]