Azubuike Egwuekwe
Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe MON (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Rivers United as a centre back.
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| Full name | Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lafia, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rivers United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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– | Rivers United | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Nigeria | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Lafia, Egwuekwe has played club football for Nasarawa United, Yerima Strikers, Warri Wolves, KuPS and SuperSport United.
After a year at Libyan club Al-Nasr Benghazi, Egwuekwe returned to Nigeria and joined Rivers United in September 2019.
International career
He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 African Nations Championship.
Honours
Orders
Member of the Order of the Niger
References
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