Precious Monye

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Precious Monye
Personal information
Full name Precious Monye Onyabor
Date of birth (1974-12-22) December 22, 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth Nigeria
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Enyimba International
1992–1993 Udoji United
1993–1994 Stationery Stores
1994–1995 Sharks
1995–1998 Reggiana 1919
1995–1996 → Videoton (loan) 23 (1)
1997 → Cosenza Calcio (loan) 2 (0)
1997 → Videoton (loan) 10 (2)
1997–1998 → Újpest (loan) 17 (1)
2000–2001 FC UTA Arad
2001–2003 Videoton 30 (1)
2004–2007 Birkirkara 74 (3)
2007–2008 Ħamrun Spartans 22 (0)
Sannat Lions
International career
Nigeria U17 [1]
Nigeria U20 [1]
Nigeria U23 [1]
1992–1994 Nigeria 7 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Cairo Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Precious Monye Onyabor (born 22 December 1974) is a Nigerian retired footballer.

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Career

Monye signed with Italian side Reggiana 1919, and was loaned out to second division side Cosenza Calcio and Hungarian side Videoton, where he became the club's first ever black player. [2] He was also loaned out to Újpest FC, winning a league title with them in 1997–98. [3] He returned to Nigeria to get treatment for an injury before joining UTA Arad in Romania for a season. [1] He then returned to Hungary in 2002 to rejoin Videoton. [3]

From there, he signed for Maltese team Birkirkara in January 2004, [4] where he spent four seasons. He switched to Ħamrun Spartans in 2007, [5] where he played for another year.

International career

At the youth level he played in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland and the 1991 All-Africa Games, where he won a bronze medal with the national under-23 team. [1]

His senior international debut came against Sudan on 16 August 1992 during 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification. [1] He also played in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Precious Monye". isoccerng.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "PRECIOUS ONYEABOR MONYE" (in Hungarian). Videoton . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Kunticsnak és Méyének sem sikerült, Kinknek fog?". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 9 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Azzopardi, Kevin (5 December 2003). "Monye to replace Eboh as third foreigner". Times of Malta . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Monye Signs for Hamrun". The Malta Independent . 12 July 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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