Emmanuel Emuejeraye

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Emmanuel Emuejeraye
Personal information
Date of birth 21 July 1988
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2006–2007 Gombak United FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Gombak United FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Emuejeraye (born 21 July 1988 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who is last known to have donned the colors of Gombak United in Singapore. He is the brother of Precious Emuejeraye. [1]

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Singapore

Traveling to Singapore in 2006 due to the preponderance of football opportunities there, Emuejeraye first became part of the Gombak United Under-18 side [2] before being promoted to the Prime League team where he featured 12 times and scored 8 goals in 2007, earning him a promotion to their first team. [3] Afterwards, the Nigerian attacker was chosen to be in a Nokia advertisement as well as one of the 12 S.League footballers in the H-TWO-O Hip Hop Move Campaign. [2]

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References

  1. "Khairuls, Fandis and the Quah sextet: A look at Singapore's footballing siblings". fourfourtwo.com. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Gombak United goalscorer Emmanuel has got the moves". nlb.gov.sg.
  3. "Today, 7 August 2007, Page 44". nlb.gov.sg.