Ugonna Uzochukwu

Ugonna Uzochukwu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 33) [1] [2]
Place of birth	Nigeria
Position(s)	Midfielder [3]
Youth career
2012	Anambra Pillars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Enugu Rangers	24	(8)
2014–2016	Chippa United	20	(2)
2016–2019	Olympique de Khouribga	15	(3)
2018-2019	Al-Baqa'a	14	(4)
2019–2020	Al-Washm	13	(3)
International career
2014	Nigeria	9	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ugonna Uzochukwu (born 5 November 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder. He is currently a free agent.

He began his professional football career in his homeland Nigeria for Enugu Rangers. ^{[3] [4]}

Club career

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Uzochukwu started his youth football Anambra Pillars F.C. before booming interest from Enugu Rangerswhere he started his professional football career (a premier division club in Nigeria). He featured regularly for the side, also winning the best Midfielder of the Season in 2015.

Chippa United

Uzochukwu made a move to South African club Chippa United where he made 20 league appearances scoring two goals.

Olympique de Khouribga

Ugonna in 2018

Uzochukwu signed on a four-year contract with Botola club Olympique de Khouribga in September 2016. ^[5]

He signed for Saudi Arabia second tier League club Al-Washm in February 2019. ^[6]

International career

In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited Uzochukwu to be included in the Nigeria national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship. ^{[4] [7]} He helped the team to a third-place finish after Nigeria beat Zimbabwe by a goal to nil. ^{[8] [9]} He has made nine appearances scoring two goals for Nigeria.

Career statistics

As of 6 September 2014

Nigeria
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	9	2
Total	9	2

References

1. Ugonna Uzochukwu at WorldFootball.net
2. "Ugonna Uzochukwu". Whoscored.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
3. "Keshi names Chan squad". Kickoffnigeria.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
4. "Nigeria name final squad for 2014 CHAN". Google.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.^{[ dead link ]}
5. "Ex-Chippa Midfielder Joins Moroccan Club". Soccerladuma.co.za. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
6. "| Futaa.com Ghana". Futaa.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
7. "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
8. "Nigeria win Chan bronze". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
9. "CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze". Sunnewsonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.