George Ekeh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Festac Town, Lagos State, Nigeria[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Indian Telephone Industries[2] | |||
| ?–2002[3] | Indian Telephone Industries[4] | ||
| 2002–2003[5] | Mohun Bagan[3] | ||
| Stade Tunisien | |||
| 2005–20xx[6] | Carlstad United BK[7] | ||
| 20xx–2007[8] | Churchill Brothers S.C.[9][6][10] | ||
| 2008–2009[11] | Gröndals IK | (8) | |
| 2009–2010 | Arameisk-Syrianska IF[11][12] | (4) | |
| 2010 | Atlantis FC | ||
| 2011 | Örebro Syrianska IF[13] | (9) | |
| 2012[14] | Bangkok Glass F.C.[15] | ||
| Delta Örebro IF[16] | |||
| Vivalla SK[17] | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Ekeh ⓘ (born 10 July 1980) is a Nigerian-Swedish former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Ekeh was born in Festac Town, Lagos State, Nigeria.
India
Ekeh scored hat-tricks twice for Mohun Bagan, scoring all his team's goals in a 3–3 draw with JCT in 2002[18] and a 3–1 victory over defending champion HAL in 2003.[19] In September 2003, however, he complained that Mohun Bagan had not paid him the amount they owed him, taking the case to FIFA, which ordered the Mariners to pay the Nigerian the $6500 he was due.[20]
In 2007, he played as a forward for Churchill Brothers.[21]
Finland
Ekeh topped the scoring charts of the 2010 Kakkonen with Atlantis by May 2010, scoring nine goals.[22]
Personal life
He is the brother of Emmanuel Ekeh and Sunny Kingsley Ekeh.[1]
References
- 1 2 The Boys From Festac Thy Glory O' Nigeria..!
- ↑ Season ending transfers 1999 Archived 17 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine IndianFootball.Com
- 1 2 Season ending transfers 2002 IndianFootball.Com
- ↑ Season ending transfers 2001 IndianFootball.Com
- ↑ Season ending transfers 2003 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine IndianFootball.Com
- 1 2 Rapport inför Div. 1 Södra SvenskaFans.com
- ↑ Silly Season Carlstad United SvenskaFans.com
- ↑ Season ending transfers 2007 IndianFootball.Com
- ↑ Season ending transfers 2006 IndianFootball.Com
- ↑ Churchill storm into quarters - George Ekeh nets a brace in 3-0 win over Air India The Telegraph (Calcutta)
- 1 2 Västerås vinner ettan dt.se
- ↑ Arameiska/Syrianska ännu obesegrade i årets serie Mitt i Botkyrka Salem
- ↑ George Ekeh klar för Örebro Syrianska Örebro Syrianska IF
- ↑ Transfers Thai Premier League 2012-2013 Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Thai Fussball
- ↑ กระต่ายแก้ว ไม่หยุดช็อปเซ็น จอร์จ เอ็คเค่ หอกไนจีเรียเสริมคม Smmsport
- ↑ Statistik - Div. 5 Herrar Fogis.se
- ↑ George Ekeh i målform när Vivalla vann mot Bobby Nerikes Allehanda
- ↑ Bagan draw despite Ekeh hattrick The Telegraph (Calcutta)
- ↑ George Ekeh's hat-trick helps Bagan beat HAL Rediff.com
- ↑ Fifa order on Bagan again The Telegraph (Calcutta)
- ↑ "NFL: Churchill hold Mahindra United". The Times of India. 31 March 2007.
- ↑ uutiset 1.-31.5.2010 - George Veikkauspörssin kärjessä Atlantis FC
External links
- George Ekeh at Soccerway
- George Ekeh at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Nigerian emigrants to Sweden
- Sportspeople from Lagos State
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Swedish men's footballers
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Thai League 1 players
- Stade Tunisien players
- Carlstad United BK players
- Örebro Syrianska IF players
- Atlantis FC players
- Arameisk-Syrianska IF players
- Gröndals IK players
- Mohun Bagan Super Giant players
- BG Pathum United F.C. players
- Churchill Brothers FC players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
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