Blessing Kaku

Blessing Kaku

Personal information
Full name	Blessing Kaku
Date of birth	(1978-03-05) 5 March 1978
Place of birth	Ughelli, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994	Steel Pioneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Sharks F.C.	0	(0)
1997–1998	SV Braunau	0	(0)
1998–1999	RWD Molenbeek	28	(0)
1999–2000	KRC Harelbeke	26	(5)
2000–2002	K.R.C. Genk	20	(0)
2002–2003	Hapoel Be'er-Sheva	42	(11)
2003–2004	F.C. Ashdod	19	(4)
2004	Bolton Wanderers	1	(0)
2005	Derby County	4	(0)
2005	Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	(1)
2006	F.C. Ashdod	18	(3)
2006–2008	Maccabi Petah Tikva	58	(4)
2008–2009	Enosis Neon Paralimni	11	(1)
International career‡
2000–2004	Nigeria	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2006

Blessing Kaku (born 5 March 1978 in Ughelli, Nigeria) is a former Nigerian international football player, who was a member of the national squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He played for Enosis Neon Paralimni. He has also played for K.R.C. Genk in Belgium, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv, F.C. Ashdod, Maccabi Petah Tikva (all in Israel), Bolton Wanderers, and Derby County but failed to make an impact in England in his short spells with the latter two clubs.

His transfer from F.C. Ashdod to Bolton Wanderers in August 2004 is one of those about which the Stevens inquiry report in June 2007 expressed concerns because of the apparent conflict of interest between agent Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce - the then manager at Bolton - and the club itself.

External links

• Blessing Kaku at National-Football-Teams.com