Simon Zenke

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Simon Zenke
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Zenke with Samsunspor in September 2010
Personal information
Full name Simon Terwase Zenke
Date of birth (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Kaduna United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Niger Tornadoes
2005–2010 Strasbourg B 59 (11)
2007–2010 Strasbourg [1] 37 (3)
2010–2012 Samsunspor 53 (17)
2012–2013 Nancy 11 (1)
2013–2014 İstanbul BB 19 (2)
2014–2015 Şanlıurfaspor 22 (3)
2015–2016 Karabükspor 29 (3)
2016–2018 Tubize 50 (5)
2018–2019 Dinamo București 22 (1)
2020-2021 Schiltigheim 4 (0)
2021 Menemen 7 (2)
2022- Illkirch Graffenstaden 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Simon Terwase Zenke (born 24 December 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Career

Zenke began his career in his hometown Kaduna with Kaduna United before joining RC Strasbourg in 2008. [2]

In November 2018, he signed a contract with Romanian first division club Dinamo București. [3] He left the club in June 2019. At the end of January 2020, Zenke then moved to French Championnat National 2 club SC Schiltigheim. [4]

In May 2020, Zenke confirmed on social medias, that his agent was negotiating with clubs from India. The club was reportedly Hyderabad FC. [5] However, nothing came out of it.

Personal life

His younger brother Thomas is also a footballer. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Simon Zenke - Racing Club de Strasbourg - racingstub.com
  2. ↑ "AKHİSAR'IN GÖZÜ SİMON ZENKE'DE" (in Turkish). yeniasir.com.tr. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ↑ (in Romanian) OFICIAL | Al treilea transfer al lui Rednic la Dinamo: Zenke a semnat!‚ digisport.ro, 8 November 2018
  4. ↑ Zenke et Palmieri, deux nouvelles recrues à Schiltigheim (N2), dna.fr, 31 January 2020
  5. ↑ Hyderabad FC and Chennaiyin FC target Simon Zenke..., facebook.com, 4 May 2020
  6. ↑ "Thomas Zenke: Nasarawa Utd motivated enough to beat Generatio". www.dailytrust.com.ng. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.
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