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Nigerian association football player
Emmanuel Uchegbu
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Chimeroucheya Uchegbu
Date of birth (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team AS Trenčín
Number 82
Youth career
Golden Boot Soccer Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2023 Plateau United ? (?)
2023- AS Trenčín 27 (4)
International career
2023- Nigeria U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 19 December 2024

Emmanuel Chimeroucheya Uchegbu (born 5 February 2005) is a Nigerian football player who plays for AS Trenčín in the Slovak Super Liga.

Club career

He was a member of the Golden Boot Soccer Academy. He also played for Plateau United in the Nigeria Professional Football League. He joined AS Trencin in September 2023 agreeing a two-year contract. He made his debut in the Slovak Super Liga on 25 February 2024, at home against Slovan Bratislava.

International career

He scored for Nigeria U20 against a Moroccan U23 side in February 2023. He was a member of the Nigerian U20 team at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Style of play

He has been described as a winger.

References

  1. "Emmanuel Uchegbu". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. "Ajax, Heerenveen keeping tabs on Trencin's N2.6b-rated Nigeria U20 star Emmanuel Uchegbu". All Nigeria Soccer. April 13, 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. "Ajax hopes to prevent a new Leon Bailey scenario with the arrival of Uchegbu from Trencin". Voetbal.headliner.nl. April 14, 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. "AS TRENCIN SNAP UP 3 NIGERIAN TEENAGERS FROM GBS ACADEMY". All Nigeria Soccer. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. "TRENČÍN VS. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 0 - 2". Soccerway. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. Oseghe, Edward (February 16, 2023). "U-20 AFCON 2023: Flying Eagles beat Moroccan Club 6-1 in style". Nigerian Observer News. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. "Ladan Bosso announce Flying Eagles' 25-man squad for U-20 Africa Cup of Nations". Pulsesports.co.ke. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. "'Ineffective' wingers worry Flying Eagles ahead biggest U20 AFCON test today". Score Nigeria. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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