Ifenna Dorgu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ifenna Benjamin Dorgu | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Husum Boldklub | |||
| –2019 | Gentofte VI | ||
| 2019–2025 | HB Køge | ||
| 2024–2025 | → Genoa (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2026 | HB Køge | 48 | (6) |
| 2024–2025 | → Genoa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | Botev Plovdiv | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:37, 25 May 2026 (UTC) | |||
Ifenna Dorgu (born 23 August 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botev Plovdiv.[1]
Early and personal life
Dorgu grew up in Husum, a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he started playing football at local club Husum Boldklub alongside his brothers Patrick and Gabriel. He is of Nigerian descent.[2][3] He is a Christian.[4]
Career
Later, he moved to Gentofte VI, before joining HB Køge in 2019. He made his professional debut for the team in a cup match against Tårnby FF in August 2023.[5] In the summer of 2024, similar to his brother Patrick, he moved to Italy and joined Genoa on a season long deal, mainly playing for the youth team.[6] He was unused substitute in the league match against Fiorentina on 30 October 2024.
On 8 May 2026 he signed with the Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv until the summer of 2029.[7] He made his debut for the team in a league match against Cherno More Varna on 9 May 2026.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 May 2026[1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| HB Køge | Danish 1st Division | 2023–24 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 5 | |||
| 2024–25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2025–26 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7 | |||
| Genoa (loan) | Serie A | 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | First League | 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 50 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 7 | |||
References
- 1 2 "I. Dorgu - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ "Patrick Dorgu besøgte sin gamle klub i sidste uge". 2700 Netavisen (in Danish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ↑ Jørgensen, Maria Juul (1 June 2024). "Han er en af dem, der banker på til landsholdet i fremtiden". TV 2 Sport (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ↑ "Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu On Religion ✝️⛪️". 2 October 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ No going back: Genoa agree deal to sign Ifenna, younger brother of Lecce LB Patrick Dorgu
- ↑ Genoa-Dorgu, Ifenna sulle orme di Patrick: dalla Danimarca con furore
- ↑ Ботев Пловдив привлече нападателя Ифена Доргу
- ↑ С две дузпи Черно море отказа Ботев (Пд) от Европа, голям расистки скандал помрачи мача
External links
- Ifenna Dorgu at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Danish people of Nigerian descent
- Footballers from Copenhagen
- Danish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- HB Køge players
- Genoa CFC players
- Botev Plovdiv players
- Danish 1st Division players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria