Ash Kigbu

Ash Kigbu
Personal information
Full name Ahogrenashinme Kigbu[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999[1]
Place of birth Manchester, England[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
2015–2018 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Wolfsberger II 3 (0)
2018–2019 Wolfsberger AC 4 (0)
2019–2020 Stoke City 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 England U18 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Ahogrenashinme Kigbu (born 5 February 1999) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Growing up, Kigbu trained with both Manchester United and Manchester City but eventually chose to sign for the later after attending St Bede's College.[2] On 31 July 2018, Kigbu joined Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC on a two-year deal with the option of a third.[3] Two weeks later, he made his professional debut, playing the last ten minutes in a 0–0 draw with Rapid Wien.[4]

On 8 August 2019, Kigbu signed for Championship side Stoke City joining their under-23 squad.[5] Kigbu was released by Stoke in July 2020.[6]

International career

Born in England, Kigbu is of Nigerian descent.[7] Kigbu was called up to the England under-18 team for the first time in August 2016 for a four-team mini tournament.[8] He went on to make his debut in a 2–1 win over Italy U18.[9]

Career statistics

As of 9 August 2019[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolfsberger II 2018–19 Austrian Regionalliga 30———30
Wolfsberger AC 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 4010——50
Stoke City 2019–20 EFL Championship 000000—00
Career total 7010000080

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ash Kigbu at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "KIGBU: OUR OPPONENTS ARE STARSTRUCK BY THE CFA". Manchester City. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Official: England youth international leaves Manchester City for Austrian Bundesliga club". mcfcwatch.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "RAPID WIEN VS. WOLFSBERGER AC 0 - 0". uk.soccerway.com. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stoke City beat the clock to sign ex-Man City defender". Stoke Sentinel. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Club announce retained list". Stoke City. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Nigerian-Born Manchester City Defender Kigbu Makes Debut for England:: All Nigeria Soccer - the Complete Nigerian Football Portal".
  8. ↑ "ENGLAND U18S SQUAD NAMED TO FACE ITALY AND ISRAEL NEXT MONTH". The Football Association. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "MASON MOUNT SCORES TWICE AS ENGLAND UNDER-18S BEAT ITALY". The Football Association. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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