Azubuike Egwuekwe

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 Centre-back
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
2019–2020 Rivers United 4 (0)
International career‡
2012–2015 Nigeria 36 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Nigeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2013 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe Listenⓘ MON (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Born in Lafia, Egwuekwe 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

Egwuekwe 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]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 2012121
2013110
2014110
201521
Total362
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Egwuekwe goal.
List of international goals scored by Azubuike Eguekwe[1]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 June 2012 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi  Malawi 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 17 January 2015 The Sevens Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates  Yemen 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Orders

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
  8. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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