Robert Akaruye

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Robert Akaruye
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-28) 28 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Warri, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attack
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Julius Berger F.C.
1997 Lobi Bank
1998 Eagle Cement
1999–2000 Lobi Stars F.C.
2001–2004 Al Ahly
2004–2005 Mokawloon al-Arab
2005–2006 Dhafra
2006 Ismaily
2006 Busaiteen Club
2007 Sivasspor
2008 Busaiteen
2009 Al-Ahed
International career‡
2004–2006 Nigeria [1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2002

Robert Akaruye (born 28 March 1981) is a Nigerian former football player. He previously played for Sivasspor in Turkey and represented Nigeria on one occasion.

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Career

The Al Ahed striker suffered on Monday 14 December 2009 in a serious car accident on the road to the Beirut airport. [2]

International career

He played his one and only cap for the Nigeria national football team on 20 June 2004 in Luanda against Angola. [3]

Honour and titles

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Robert Akaruye at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Lebanese-goal.com". lebanese-goal.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Akaruye/index.html Robert Akaruye – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ↑ "2009 AFC Cup Honours List". the-afc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.


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