Precious Monye

Precious Monye Onyabor (born 22 December 1974) is a Nigerian retired footballer.

Career
Monye signed with Italian side Reggiana 1919, and was loaned out to second division side Cosenza Calcio and Hungarian side Videoton, where he became the club's first ever black player. He was also loaned out to Újpest FC, winning a league title with them in 1997–98. He returned to Nigeria to get treatment for an injury before joining UTA Arad in Romania for a season. He then returned to Hungary in 2002 to rejoin Videoton.

From there, he signed for Maltese team Birkirkara in January 2004, where he spent four seasons. He switched to Ħamrun Spartans in 2007, where he played for another year.

International career
At the youth level he played in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland and the 1991 All-Africa Games, where he won a bronze medal with the national under-23 team.

His senior international debut came against Sudan on 16 August 1992 during 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification. He also played in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.