Blessing Kaku
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blessing Kaku | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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*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.[1]
External links
- Blessing Kaku at National-Football-Teams.com
Notes and references
- ^ "What Stevens said about each club". www.telegraph.co.uk. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
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- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sharks F.C. players
- R. White Daring Molenbeek players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- F.C. Ashdod players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Enosis Neon Paralimni players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Premier League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Cypriot First Division players