Azubuike Egwuekwe

Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Rivers United as a centre back.

Azubuike Egwuekwe
Personal information
Full name Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989
Place of birth Lafia, Nigeria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
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)
*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)

Club career

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

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]

References
  1. "Azubuike Egwuekwe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Azubuike Egwuekwe at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. Egwuekwe Joins Rivers United On One-Year Deal From Libyan Club, completesports.com, 9 September 2019
  4. Azubuike Egwuekwe – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  7. Oluwashina Okeleji (1 January 2014). "Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi names weakened CHAN Squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2014.


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