Umeh Emmanuel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Umeh Umeh Emmanuel[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Zürich | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Right2win Football Academy | |||
| –2022 | Vista Gelendzhik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Botev Plovdiv II | 3 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Botev Plovdiv | 40 | (8) |
| 2024– | FC Zürich | 8 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Nigeria U20 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023 | |||
Umeh Umeh Emmanuel (born 31 August 2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss side FC Zürich.[2]
Club career
[edit]Emmanuel played for the Right2win Football Academy in Nigeria before moving to Russian side Vista Gelendzhik.[3][4]
In 2022, he joined Botev Plovdiv. On 15 October 2022, he made his professional debut in Botev Plovdiv 3–1 victory against Pirin.[5] Emmanuel scored his first professional goal on 4 March 2023 against Cherno More and brought a 2–1 win for his club.[citation needed]
On the 8th of July, Emmanuel signed a five-year contract with Swiss team FC Zürich.[2]
International career
[edit]Emmanuel represented Nigeria's under-20 team at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1] He appeared all five matches as Nigeria was knocked-out by South Korea in the quarter-finals. Emmanuel didn't score any goals during the tournament but provided two assists.[6]
Honours
[edit]Botev Plovdiv
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Nigeria (NGA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ a b "News". FC Zürich (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Qui est Emmanuel Umeh, la jeune pépite qui pourrait bientôt faire vibrer Sclessin ?". Walfoot.be (in French). 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Emmanuel Umeh est ciblé par Bordeaux et 2 clubs belges" (in French). Africa Foot. 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Botev Plovdiv vs. Pirin Blagoevgrad 3 – 1". soccerway. 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Bulgarian club want 3 Million Euros for Flying Eagles striker". Score Nigeria. 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Купа на България 2023/24 – статистика Пети кръг (Финал)" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Umeh Emmanuel at Soccerway
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Botev Plovdiv players
- FC Zürich players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Swiss Super League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen