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Paul Onuachu
Personal information
Full name Ebere Paul Onuachu[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Owerri, Nigeria[1]
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number TBC
Youth career
Ebedei
2012 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2019 Midtjylland 134 (51)
2015 → Vejle (loan) 13 (5)
2019–2023 Genk 0 (0)
2023- Southampton 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Nigeria 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:41, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Ebere Paul Onuachu listenⓘ (born 28 May 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for English Premier League club Southampton and the Nigeria national team, as a forward.[1]

Club career

Onuachu moved to Danish club FC Midtjylland in 2012, on a scholarship, from their affiliate team in Nigeria, Ebedei.[2] He was a prolific scorer for their youth team, and made his first-team debut in the Cup later that year, before making his league debut in December 2012.[2] In June 2013 he signed a new three-year contract with the club,[3] before extending it for a further three-years in August 2015.[4] In early 2015 he was loaned to Vejle BK, before returning to FC Midtjylland ahead of the 2015–16 season.[5]

In August 2019 he signed for Belgian club Genk.[6]

On 1 February 2023, he signed for Premier League club Southampton on a 3 and a half year deal. [7]

International career

Onuachu was called up to the Nigeria under-23 national team in February 2015.[8] In March 2019 he received his first call-up to the Nigerian senior team.[9]

On 26 March 2019, Onuachu scored his first goal for Nigeria in a friendly match against Egypt. The goal was scored within the first ten seconds of the game, and the fastest ever scored for Nigeria.[10] Following the goal Onuachu was heralded as the "toast of Nigerian football", with "his coach, team-mates, journalists and fans talking about him".[11] He was selected to the Nigeria squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[12] He played in Nigeria's 1–0 win over Burundi.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Midtjylland 2012–13 Danish Superliga 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2013–14 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
2014–15 10 1 2 2 2 0 — 14 3
2015–16 25 6 2 1 10 2 — 37 9
2016–17 35 17 3 3 6 2 1 1 45 23
2017–18 22 10 3 3 6 4 — 31 17
2018–19 30 17 4 3 6 2 — 40 22
Total 134 51 16 12 30 10 1 1 181 74
Vejle (loan) 2014–15 Danish 1st Division 13 5 0 0 — — 13 5
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 22 9 1 1 5 0 — 28 10
2020–21 38 33 3 2 — — 41 35
2021–22 35 21 0 0 3 2 1[a] 0 39 23
2022–23 19 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 17
Total 114 79 7 4 8 2 1 0 130 85
Career total 261 135 23 16 38 12 2 1 324 164
  1. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of match played 7 September 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2019 7 1
2020 2 0
2021 6 2
Total 15 3
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Onuachu goal.
List of international goals scored by Paul Onuachu[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 March 2019 Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Nigeria  Egypt 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 27 March 2021 Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin  Benin 1–0 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 30 March 2021 Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria  Lesotho 3–0 3–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Midtjylland[15]

Genk

Nigeria

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Paul Onuachu at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Profile" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ "FCM forlænger med unge boblere" (in Danish). Bold. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Martin Dons (4 August 2015). "FC Midtjylland forlænger med Onuachu" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ^ Kenneth Jensen (16 October 2015). "FCM-træner: Angriber kan blive et af FCM's største salg nogensinde" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Officielt: Onuachu slutter sig til Joakim Mæhle". bold.dk.
  7. ^ "Saints seal Onuachu deal". Southampton FC. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. ^ Kolade Oni (17 February 2015). "Siasia picks 21 players for Gabon game". Tipsbladet. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (4 March 2019). "John Mikel Obi: Nigeria captain left out of Super Eagles squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Nigeria's fastest international goal helps them beat Egypt". BBC Sport. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  11. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (27 March 2019). "The spotlight in Nigeria falls on Paul Onuachu after his 10 second goal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  12. ^ "AFCON 2019: Onuachu happy to make Super Eagles squad". 16 May 2019.
  13. ^ Silas, Don (23 June 2019). "Nigeria vs Burundi: Why I didn't start Ighalo in Super Eagles' 1-0 win - Rohr". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Paul Onuachu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Soccer-Dal Hende fires Midtjylland to Danish title". Reuters. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Tunisia 0–1 Nigeria". BBC. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  18. ^ "Paul Onuachu: Nigeria striker scoops two awards in Belgium". BBC. 25 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Topschutter Paul Onuachu is verkozen tot Profvoetballer van het Jaar". SPORZA. 25 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Paul Onuachu verslaat Club-duo Lang en De Ketelaere voor Gouden Schoen". SPORZA. 12 January 2022.
  21. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/africafactszone/status/1431668659978657796. Retrieved 30 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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