Udoka Godwin-Malife

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Udoka Godwin-Malife
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Godwin-Malife in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Udoka Favour Godwin-Malife [1]
Date of birth (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Burton Albion
Number 2
Youth career
Littlemore
Oxford City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Oxford City Nomads 18 (3)
2017–2019 Oxford City 32 (0)
2019–2023 Forest Green Rovers 112 (0)
2020 → Eastleigh (loan) 4 (0)
2023–2024 Swindon Town 42 (1)
2024– Burton Albion 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:03, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Udoka Favour Godwin-Malife (born 9 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Burton Albion.

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Career

Godwin-Malife initially began his career playing for local side Littlemore, before signing for hometown club Oxford City at the age of 16 after previously playing for the club during his schoolyears. [3] Godwin-Malife initially played for the club's reserve side, Oxford City Nomads, in the Hellenic League, before making his first team debut for Oxford City in a 1–1 draw against St Albans City on 9 December 2017. [4]

In January 2019, Godwin-Malife signed for Forest Green Rovers. [5] He moved on loan to Eastleigh in January 2020. [6]

In June 2021 he signed a new two-year contract with Forest Green. [7]

In August 2023 he signed for Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee. [8]

He moved to Burton Albion in June 2024 for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. [9]

Personal life

Godwin-Malife is of Nigerian descent. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oxford City Nomads 2017–18 [11] Hellenic League Premier Division183——5 [a] 1234
Oxford City 2017–18 [2] National League South 8000—0080
2018–19 [12] National League South24060—3 [b] 0330
Total320600030410
Forest Green Rovers 2018–19 [13] League Two 5000000050
2019–20 [14] League Two12010203 [c] 0180
2020–21 [15] League Two44010104 [d] 0500
2021–22 [2] League Two26010102 [c] 0300
2022–23 [16] League One 250000000250
Total11203040901280
Eastleigh (loan) 2019–20 [2] National League4000—1 [b] 050
Swindon Town 2023–24 [17] League Two421101000441
Burton Albion 2024–25 [18] League One24120002 [c] 0281
Career total2325120502012696
  1. ↑ One appearance in FA Vase, two appearances one goal in Hellenic League Floodlit Cup, two appearances in Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the EFL Trophy; two appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

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References

  1. ↑ "Intermediary Transactions 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019" (PDF). The FA. p. 14. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Udoka Godwin-Malife at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Big Interview: Forest Green Rovers defender and Oxford City graduate Udoka Godwin-Malife talks to Velocity Football". Velocity Football. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "INTERVIEW - Udoka Godwin-Malife". Oxford City F.C. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers: Defender Udoka Godwin-Malife joins from Oxford City". BBC Sport. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "NEW SIGNING | UDOKA GODWIN-MALIFE JOINS ON LOAN | Eastleigh FC". www.eastleighfc.com.
  7. ↑ "Godwin-Malife pens new Forest Green deal". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ "Swindon sign Godwin-Malife from Forest Green" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Udoka Godwin-Malife: Burton Albion sign Swindon Town defender". BBC Sport. 25 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Done deal: Nigeria-eligible defender who spent 15 years at Chelsea joins Swindon Town". All Nigeria Soccer. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Udoka Godwin-Malife player stats | Hellenic League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Udoka Godwin-Malife | Player Profile". www.aylesburyunitedarchive.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "Forest Green's title win 'surreal' - Edwards". BBC Sport.


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