Warren Ukah

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Warren Ukah
Personal information
Full name Warren Olaka Ukah
Date of birth (1985-03-22) March 22, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Atlanta, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Village United
2004 Wilmington Hammerheads 13 (4)
2004–2005 Village United
2005 Virginia Beach Mariners 13 (4)
2006–2008 Atlanta Silverbacks 44 (18)
2007–08 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 27 (14)
2009 Portland Timbers U23s 2 (3)
2009 Rochester Rhinos 12 (5)
2010 NSC Minnesota Stars 19 (6)
2010–12 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 28 (16)
2011 FC Tampa Bay 21 (7)
2014 Las Vegas Legends (indoor) 10 (7)
2014 Ontario Fury (indoor) 5 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 11, 2015

Warren Ukah (born March 22, 1985 in Atlanta) is an American soccer player.

Career

Ukah attended Grady High School before turning professional at the age of eighteen, in 2003 with Village United in the Jamaica National Premier League. [1] Following the 2003–2004 Jamaican season. At nineteen, he returned to the US to play the summer season with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Pro Soccer League. He went back to Village United for the 2004–2005 season then came back north in 2005 to play for the Virginia Beach Mariners in the USL Second Division. [2]

In 2006, twenty-one-year-old Ukah signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division. He spent three seasons with the Silverbacks and lead them to the league championship in 2007, but lost much of the 2008 season with injuries. The team withdrew from the league at the end of the season. Ukah signed with the Milwaukee Wave of Major Indoor Soccer League in 2007. He was named to the 2007–2008 MISL All-Rookie Team. [3]

In 2009, Ukah signed with Portland Timbers', for their inaugural campaign but played just two games before moving to the Rochester Rhinos in July 2009. [4] On March 22, 2010 he signed with Minnesota United FC.

Ukah played for the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League for the 2010–11 season. He played in 17 of the team's 20 regular season games, scoring 19 points (1 3G, 4 2G, 8 A).

Ukah signed with NASL club FC Tampa Bay on March 28, 2011. [5] On October 4, 2011, after conclusion of the 2011 season, FC Tampa Bay announced it would not re-sign Ukah for the 2012 season. [6]

Ukah played in South East Asia from 2012–2013 until returning to the United States to play indoor in the MASL. Ukah, started the 2014 NISL season with Oxford City FC of Texas before being dealt to Las Vegas. In seven games with Las Vegas Legends, Ukah scored five goals before he was traded to Ontario Fury. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Village United Player Profile
  2. ↑ 2005 Virginia Beach Mariners
  3. ↑ Ukah & Santos named to MISL All-Rookie Team
  4. ↑ Rochester Rhinos player profile
  5. ↑ http://fctampabay.com/article/fc-tampa-bay-signs-three-players [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "News | FC Tampa Bay". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  7. ↑ "Ontario Fury - News - FURY ADD THREE FOR PLAYOFF PUSH". www.ontariofury.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01.
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