Kingsley Onuegbu

Kingsley Onuegbu
Onuegbu with MSV Duisburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
2005–2007 SC Idar-Oberstein
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 SC Idar-Oberstein 26 (12)
2008–2010 Eintracht Braunschweig 61 (17)
2010–2013 Greuther Fürth 21 (6)
2011–2013 → Greuther Fürth II 18 (5)
2012 → SV Sandhausen (loan) 13 (1)
2013–2018 MSV Duisburg 163 (45)
2018–2020 Nea Salamis Famagusta 55 (25)
2020–2021 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics 35 (20)
2020 → Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 7 (4)
2022 Qingdao Hainiu 32 (27)
2023 Dongguan United 28 (10)
2024 Nanjing City 13 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Kingsley Onuegbu Listenⓘ (born 5 March 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1][2][3]

Career

Onuegbu played street football in Nigeria,[4] before his football career began in Germany in the summer of 2005 with SC Idar-Oberstein. In his first professional season for Idar-Oberstein in 2007–08, Onuegbu scored twelve goals in 26 games. In the summer of 2008 he joined Eintracht Braunschweig. On 11 May 2010, he left Braunschweig to sign with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2013. On 9 May 2018, it was announced that he will leave Duisburg at the end of the 2017–18 season.[5]

For the 2018–19 season, he joined Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta.[6]

On 30 August 2020, Onuegbu signed with Chinese club Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics.[7] On 23 October 2020, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on loan.[8]

On 3 May 2022, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Qingdao Hainiu[9], where he finished the 2022 season as the league’s top scorer with 27 goals.

In April 2023, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Dongguan United.

On 7 February 2024, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Nanjing City.[10]

Personal life

He was born as Kingsley Ugochuwu and moved when he was twenty years with his father from Lagos, Nigeria to Paris, France.

Career statistics

As of 6 April 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Idar-Oberstein 2006–07 Oberliga 2612———2612
Eintracht Braunschweig 2008–09 3. Liga 29700——297
2009–10 291010——3010
Total 581710——5917
Greuther Fürth 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 20621——227
2011–12 1000——10
2012–13 0010——10
Total 21631——247
Greuther Fürth II 2011–12 Regionalliga 40———40
2012–13 145———145
Total 185———185
SV Sandhausen (loan) 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 13110——141
MSV Duisburg 2013–14 3. Liga 371410——3814
2014–15 341420——3614
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 30400—20324
2016–17 3. Liga 331110——3411
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 29210——302
Total 1634550—2017045
Nea Salamis Famagusta 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 321111——3312
2019–20 231430——2614
Total 552541——5926
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 2020 China League One 20———130
2021 332021——3521
Total 352021——3721
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 2020 China League One 52——2274
Qingdao Hainiu 2022 China League One 322700——3227
Dongguan United 2023 China League One 281000——2810
Nanjing City 2024 China League One 13100——131
Career total 4471711630042467173

References

  1. ↑ "Kingsley Onuegbu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Onuegbu, Kingsley" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kingsley Onuegbu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Kingsley Onuegbu hat die Kritiker schnell widerlegt". newsclick.de (in German). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sieben Abschiede am Sonntag: Danke für eue Zeit in Zebrastreifen!". msv-duisburg.de. 9 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με τον Νιγηριανό επιθετικό Kingsley Onuegbu". neasalamina.com. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "官方：尼日利亚球员奥努埃布加盟陕西长安竞技". zhibo8.cc. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "《官宣丨奥努埃布正式加盟新疆天山雪豹》" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "2022赛季青岛海牛职业队大名单及队员所属号码于..." (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "官方：奥格布、奥努埃布、莫雷斯切加盟南京城市" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Kingsley Onuegbu at Soccerway


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