Emanuel Emegha
Appearance
![]() Emegha playing for Sturm Graz in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emanuel Esseh Emegha[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 February 2003 | ||
Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Strasbourg | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
KRSV Vredenburch | |||
–2020 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020 | Jong Sparta | 5 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Sparta Rotterdam | 36 | (3) |
2022 | Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Sturm Graz | 27 | (9) |
2023– | Strasbourg | 28 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (5) |
2023 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (2) |
2023– | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:55, 20 November 2023 (UTC) |
Emanuel Esseh Emegha (born 3 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.
Club career
[edit]Emegha started his professional career at Sparta Rotterdam in 2020. In his first season he played 16 matches. In the 2021–22 season, he appeared in every match until January. On 31 January 2022, Emegha signed a five-year contract with Royal Antwerp in Belgium.[2] In August 2022, after having played only a few minutes for Antwerp, he moved to Sturm Graz in Austria and signed a contract for 4 years there.[3]
International career
[edit]Born in the Netherlands to a Togolese father and Nigerian mother, he is a youth international for the Netherlands.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 May 2024[5]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Sparta | 2019–20 | Tweede Divisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | Tweede Divisie | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||||
Sparta Rotterdam | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
Total | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |||
Antwerp | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sturm Graz | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 36 | 10 | |
Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||
Career total | 97 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 21 |
- ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ Includes Johan Cruyff Shield
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Sturm Graz
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile".
- ^ "THE GREAT OLD VERSTERKT ZICH MET EMANUEL EMEGHA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Emanuel Emegha unterschreibt in Graz". SK Sturm (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Emanuel Emegha, 17, on top of the world after Sparta Rotterdam start". Score Nigeria. August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Emanuel Emegha Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Dutch people of Togolese descent
- Dutch people of Nigerian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Eredivisie players
- Tweede Divisie players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
- Dutch football forward stubs