Stephen Eze

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Stephen Eze
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Eze playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Makurdi, Nigeria
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Quang Nam
Number 66
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Lobi Stars
2014–2016 Sunshine Stars 63 (3)
2017 Ifeanyi Ubah 29 (0)
2017 Kano Pillars 0 (0)
2018–2019 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 57 (3)
2020 Tobol 0 (0)
2020–2021 Jamshedpur 20 (4)
2021–2022 NK Solin 1 (0)
2022–2023 Queen's Park 21 (3)
2023– Quang Nam 19 (2)
International career‡
2015–2018 Nigeria 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2019

Stephen Eze (born 8 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for V.League 1 club Quang Nam.

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He has also represented the Nigeria national team, winning 13 caps.

Career

In Nigeria

Eze started his professional career at Lobi Stars. He played regularly during two seasons, before moving to Sunshine Stars in September 2014. [1]

After two seasons with Sunshine, Eze joined Ifeanyi Ubah where he won Nigeria Super Cup in early 2017. On 9 November 2017, Eze joined Kano Pillars. [2]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Two months later, on 18 January 2018, Eze joined Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, signing a two-year contract. [3] On 18 February, he made his league debut for Lokomotiv, coming on as a substitute for Asen Georgiev against Pirin Blagoevgrad. [4] On 16 April 2019, Eze scored his first goal for Lokomotiv in a Bulgarian Cup match against Septemvri Sofia, which Lokomotiv won 4–0. [5]

Tobol

On 21 January 2020, Eze joined Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Tobol. [6] An injury sustained in a pre-season friendly match meant he never got to feature in an official game for the team, as he had to undergo an operation in Turkey. Eze parted ways with Tobol in July 2020. [7]

Jamshedpur FC

On 10 September 2020, Eze joined Indian Super League side Jamshedpur. [8] After his one year contract was completed, on 1 July 2021, Eze left Jamshedpur FC and became a free agent.[ citation needed ]

NK Solin

On 17 February 2022, Eze joined Croatian First League club NK Solin. He made his debut coming off the bench in a 3-0 loss against NK Dugopolje. [9]

Queen's Park

After a year with Croatian club NK Solin, Eze signed for Scottish club Queen's Park in August 2022. [10] In June 2023, Stephen Eze departed the club by mutual consent [11]

International career

Eze was invited to play for the Nigera national team. He was named in the Super Eagles' 23-man A' team which played in the Caf CHAN 2016, led by coach Sunday Oliseh. Eze played all the group games, but the team was eliminated in the first round. His performances led to an invitation to the full Nigeria team. He was also in the A' team in the 2016 African Nations Championship where results improved, Nigeria progressing to the final before losing to the hosts Morocco. [12] [13]

In May 2018 he was named in the preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia; [14] however, he did not make the final 23. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 September 2019

ClubLeagueSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokomotiv Plovdiv First League 2017–18 13000——130
2018–19 25061——311
2019–20 10100401 [lower-alpha 1] 0151
Career statistics481614010592

Honours

Ifeanyi Ubah
Lokomotiv Plovdiv

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  1. ↑ "Eze joins Sunshine from Lobi". supersport.com. 13 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "CHAN Eagles defender, Stephen Eze joins Kano Pillars". sportsration.com. 9 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria's Stephen Eze signs two-year contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv". goal.com. 19 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lokomotiv 1–0 Pirin". soccerway.com. 18 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4–0 Septemvri Sofia". soccerway.com. 16 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Стивен Эзе – новичок желто-зеленых". Fctobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Удачи, Стивен!". Fctobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nigerian International Stephen Eze joins Jamshedpur". Fcjamshedpur.com. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Stephen Eze". Playmaker. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Stephen Eze Signs for Queen's Park". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park Football Club. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Gordon, Mhairi (29 June 2023). "Liam Brown and Stephen Eze depart Queen's Park". Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Isabirye, David (5 February 2018). "Morocco wins 2018 CHAN championship". Kawowo. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  13. ↑ Cavell, Nick (4 February 2018). "Morocco beat Nigeria 4–0 in final to lift trophy". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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