Udoka Godwin-Malife

Udoka Favour Godwin-Malife (born 9 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Swindon Town.

Udoka Godwin-Malife
Personal information
Full name Udoka Favour Godwin-Malife[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Swindon Town
Number 22
Youth career
Littlemore
Oxford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Oxford City Nomads 35 (4)
2017–2019 Oxford City 32 (0)
2019–2023 Forest Green Rovers 112 (0)
2020 → Eastleigh (loan) 4 (0)
2023– Swindon Town 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:48, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Godwin-Malife initially began his career playing for local side Littlemore, before signing for hometown club Oxford City at the age of 16 after previously playing for the club during his schoolyears.[3] Godwin-Malife initially played for the club's reserve side, Oxford City Nomads, in the Hellenic League, before making his first team debut for Oxford City in a 1–1 draw against St Albans City on 9 December 2017.[4]

In January 2019, Godwin-Malife signed for Forest Green Rovers.[5] He moved on loan to Eastleigh in January 2020.[6]

In June 2021 he signed a new two-year contract with Forest Green.[7]

In August 2023 he signed for Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee.[8]

Personal life

Godwin-Malife is of Nigerian descent.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oxford City 2017–18[2] National League South 8000—0080
2018–19[2] National League South 24040—2[lower-alpha 1]0300
Total 320400020380
Forest Green Rovers 2018–19[10] League Two 5000000050
2019–20[11] League Two 12010203[lower-alpha 2]0180
2020–21[12] League Two 44010104[lower-alpha 3]0500
2021–22[13] League Two 260101020300
Total 8703040901030
Eastleigh (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 4000—1[lower-alpha 1]050
Career total 123070401201460
  1. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
  2. Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy.
  3. 2 appearances in the EFL Trophy; 2 appearances in the Play-Offs.

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

References
  1. "Intermediary Transactions 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019" (PDF). The FA. p. 14. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Udoka Godwin-Malife at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. "The Big Interview: Forest Green Rovers defender and Oxford City graduate Udoka Godwin-Malife talks to Velocity Football". Velocity Football. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. "INTERVIEW - Udoka Godwin-Malife". Oxford City F.C. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. "Forest Green Rovers: Defender Udoka Godwin-Malife joins from Oxford City". BBC Sport. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. "NEW SIGNING | UDOKA GODWIN-MALIFE JOINS ON LOAN | Eastleigh FC". www.eastleighfc.com.
  7. "Godwin-Malife pens new Forest Green deal". BBC Sport.
  8. "Swindon sign Godwin-Malife from Forest Green" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "Done deal: Nigeria-eligible defender who spent 15 years at Chelsea joins Swindon Town". All Nigeria Soccer. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. "Games played by Udoka Godwin-Malife in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. "Forest Green's title win 'surreal' - Edwards". BBC Sport.


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