Michael Emenalo

Michael Emenalo

Personal information
Full name	Michael Ahamefula Emenalo
Date of birth	4 July 1965 (1965-07-04)
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria, Nigeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current club	Chelsea (Sporting Director)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985	Enugu Rangers	?	(?)
1986–1989	Boston University	?	(?)
1989–1993	Molenbeek	47	(5)
1993–1994	Eintract Trier	?	(?)
1994–1995	Notts County	7	(0)
1996–1997	San Jose Clash	56	(1)
1997–1998	Lleida	22	(1)
1998–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	43	(0)
–	Total	175	(7)
National team
	Nigeria	14	(?)
Teams managed
2010–2011	Chelsea (Assistant coach)
2011–	Chelsea (Sporting Director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Kevin Emenalo (born 4 July 1965 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football defender.

Career

Emenalo played college Soccer in the United States at Boston University from 1986 to 1989. From there, he played for Molenbeek in Belgium, Eintracht Trier in Germany and Notts County F.C in England before coming back to the US. Emenalo was part of the original allocated players for Major League Soccer and spent two seasons (1996-97) with the San Jose Clash. After that, he played with Lleida in Spain and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.

Emenalo won 14 caps for Nigeria and played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, missing the first game through injury but then played against Argentina and Greece before Nigeria were knocked out by Italy.

He joined Chelsea when former manager Avram Grant was in charge in 2007. After the departure of Ray Wilkins, Emenalo was promoted from his position as chief scout to assistant first team coach on 18 November 2010. On 8 July 2011, Chelsea appointed Emenalo Technical Director. His responsibilities include heading the scouting and academy programs.

External links

• Profile at NigerianPlayers.com
• FIFA Profile