Sibi Gwar

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Sibi Gwar
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Gboko, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Nasarawa United F.C.
Youth career
1991–1998 Government Secondary School Gboko
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 BCC Lions FC 30 (12)
2004–2005 Ebonyi Angels F.C. 26 (14)
2005–2006 Kwara United F.C. 20 (11)
2006–2007 Enyimba 30 (15)
2008–2009 Lobi Stars F.C. 18 (10)
2009–2011 Enyimba 15 (8)
2011 – 2012 Kwara United F.C. 22 (12)
2012 – 2013 Niger Tornadoes F.C. 30 (17)
2013–2014 Enyimba 10 (7)
2014–2016 Shooting Stars SC
2016–17 Victoria Hotspurs F.C.
2017– Nasarawa United F.C.
International career
2012 Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2012

Sibi Gwar (born 9 September 1987 in Gboko) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Nasarawa United F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League.

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Early life

Gwar hails from Gboko in Konshisha local government area of Benue State and attended the Government Secondary School, Gboko (1991–1998).

Career

He began his career with Ebonyi Angels. After 1 year with Kwara he moved to Enyimba International F.C. in early 2008 and returned to Lobi in June 2008. After a successful season with Lobi and winning the NFA Golden Boot, Gwar signed with his former club Kwara United in 2009. [1]

At Kwara United FC he scored nine league goals. In June 2010, Argentine football coach Rodolfo Zapata, the former coach of Sunshine Stars FC, named Gwar in a list of players he thought should form the basis of the future Nigeria national football team. [2] Sibi was described as a "Speedy attacker, quick with the ball, eye for goals, good finisher and dangerous in the goal box." [3]

He signed with Niger Tornadoes in spring 2011, and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win over his former Kwara United team on 11 May. He scored six goals in his first three games with Tornadoes. [4]

In June 2012 Sibi Gwar became the highest goal scorer in the Nigeria Premier League after scoring a brace against his former team Kwara United and taking his goal tally to 12 goals. [5]

Sibi was named as the Nigerian league player of the week in May 2012, [6] He was again named as the league's Star of the week for the second straight week in June 2012 [7] and was league player of the year.

He signed with Enyimba in November 2012 on a one-year deal. [8] On 2 August 2015, Sibi Gwar joined Shooting Stars SC [9] After leaving Shooting to join Victoria Hotspurs F.C.in Malta, he returned to Nigeria on deadline day and signed with Nasarawa United. [10] Gwar has won the NFF Golden Boot twice, during the 2008 and 2012 Nigeria Premier League seasons.

International career

Gwar received his first callup to the Super Eagles in August 2012, when he was named in Stephen Keshi's squad for a friendly against Niger.

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References

  1. ↑ MTN football Sibi Gwar Profile 4 June 2012
  2. ↑ "Sibi Gwar - InfoHub". infohub.xyz.ng. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ↑ westafricanfootball.com Sibi Gwar Profile 19/05/2011
  4. ↑ Gwar joins hat-trick heroes
  5. ↑ MTN football news Sunday 3 June 2012
  6. ↑ NPL Star of the Week: Sibi Gwar MTN news 28 May 2012
  7. ↑ Nigerian Observer Sibi Gwar Makes NPL Star Of The Week Again Wednesday, 6 June 2012
  8. ↑ Enyimba capture dangerman Sibi Gwar
  9. ↑ "General News | Big Move: 3SC Close In On Former NPFL Top Scorer, Gwar | SupportTheNPFL". www.supportthenpfl.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Gwar joins Nasarawa United on transfer deadline day
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