Kevin Amuneke
![]() Amuneke playing for Öster in 2012. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke | ||
Date of birth | 10 May 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Eze Obodo, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | None | ||
Youth career | |||
Soccer Warriors | |||
1999–2002 | Benfica | ||
2002–2003 | Porto | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | Porto B | 6 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Landskrona BoIS | 48 | (16) |
2006–2007 | Vitória Setúbal | 28 | (4) |
2007 | CSKA Sofia | 10 | (2) |
2008 | Norrköping | 27 | (6) |
2009 | Politehnica Timişoara | 2 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Nacional | 16 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Öster | 12 | (2) |
2013 | Trelleborg | 4 | (0) |
2013 | Tondela | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Sloboda Užice | 4 | (0) |
2015 | Halmia | 13 | (4) |
International career | |||
2005 | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2015 |
Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke (born 10 May 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward.
He spent most of his professional career in Europe, mainly in Portugal and Sweden.
Club career
Amuneke was born in Eze Obodo. After starting out at S.L. Benfica and FC Porto, representing only the youth teams in the first case and the youths and the reserves in the second,[1][2] he began his professional career in Sweden with Landskrona BoIS (where he played alongside brother Kingsley) and, after two years, returned to Portugal, appearing for Vitória de Setúbal in the Primeira Liga.[3]
On 21 May 2007, after cancelling out his contract unilaterally, Amuneke agreed to join PFC CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria for about €400,000.[4] However, he returned to Sweden in December of the same year to play for IFK Norrköping in the top level – the transfer fee was this time reported as €300,000.
After a brief stint in Romania with FC Politehnica Timișoara, Amuneke moved back to Portugal, signing with Madeira's C.D. Nacional in early July 2009.[5] Not having been used at all during the first part of the 2010–11 season,[6] he was released by the club, resuming his career with Östers IF in the Superettan.
International career
Amuneke won two caps for Nigeria, both during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, featuring against Rwanda and Angola in June 2005.
Personal life
Amuneke's older brothers, Emmanuel and Kingsley, were also footballers. The former, a winger, played amongst others for Sporting Clube de Portugal and FC Barcelona, and was also a Nigerian international.
References
- ^ "Irmão de Amunike brilha nas camadas jovens do Benfica". Record. 18 February 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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External links
- NigerianPlayers profile
- Template:Zerozero profile
- Kevin Amuneke at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Kevin Amuneke at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kevin Amuneke – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kevin Amuneke at Soccerway
- Stats at Footballdatabase
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- FC Porto B players
- Vitória F.C. players
- C.D. Nacional players
- C.D. Tondela players
- Allsvenskan players
- Landskrona BoIS players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Östers IF players
- Trelleborgs FF players
- Liga I players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- Bulgarian A Football Group players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- FK Sloboda Užice players
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Serbia
- Nigerian expatriates in Portugal
- Nigerian expatriates in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriates in Romania