Azubuike Egwuekwe
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| Full name | Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lafia, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rivers United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Nasarawa United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Yerima Strikers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Warri Wolves | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | KuPS | 50 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | SuperSport United | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Nasr Benghazi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Rivers United | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Nigeria | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe MON (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Rivers United as a centre back.
Club career[edit]
Born in Lafia, Egwuekwe has played club football for Nasarawa United, Yerima Strikers, Warri Wolves, KuPS and SuperSport United.[1][2]
After a year at Libyan club Al-Nasr Benghazi, Egwuekwe returned to Nigeria and joined Rivers United in September 2019.[3]
International career[edit]
He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012,[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[4] He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[5] He was also selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup,[6] and the 2014 African Nations Championship.[7]
Honours[edit]
Orders
Member of the Order of the Niger[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Azubuike Egwuekwe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Azubuike Egwuekwe at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Egwuekwe Joins Rivers United On One-Year Deal From Libyan Club, completesports.com, 9 September 2019
- ^ Azubuike Egwuekwe – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (1 January 2014). "Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi names weakened CHAN Squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Lafia
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Warri Wolves F.C. players
- Nasarawa United F.C. players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) players
- Rivers United F.C. players
- Veikkausliiga players
- South African Premier Division players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- Libyan Premier League players
- Nigeria men's A' international footballers
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- Members of the Order of the Niger
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