Chigozie Agbim
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Court of Appeal F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002-2003 | Gombe United F.C. | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Al-Merreikh SC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Nigeria Port Authority FC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Enugu Rangers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Warri Wolves F.C. | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Enugu Rangers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Gombe United F.C. | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Enugu Rangers | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Delta Force F.C. | 3 |
(0 [1]) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Nigeria | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Chigozie Agbim MON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
After a protracted transfer dispute, he joined Enugu Rangers from Warri Wolves F.C. in April 2013 for a fee of eight million naira (approx €39,300).[2]
He joined Gombe United in February 2014 [3] and rejoined Rangers in April 2015.
International career
[edit]Agbim made his international debut for Nigeria in a friendly against Angola in January 2012.[4]
He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations[5] and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[6]
In January 2014, he was starting goalkeeper for the Super Eagles at the African Nations Championship, as the team finished in third place.[7] In June, Agbim was named in Nigeria's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[8]
Honours
[edit]Orders
Member of the Order of the Niger[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-Eagles Goalie Agbim, Ede, Others Unveiled by New NPFL Club Delta Force". 31 March 2019.
- ^ http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/nigeria/premier-league/news/2013/may/21-wolves-give-agbim-payment-ultimatum.html Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Agbim joins Gombe on one-year deal Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NEW PLAYERS AT THE NIGERIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM". WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Chigozie AGBIM". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Nigeria World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Chigozie Agbim – FIFA competition record (archived)
Nigeria squads | |||||||||||||
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- 1984 births
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Living people
- Gombe United F.C. players
- Warri Wolves F.C. players
- Delta Force F.C. players
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Rangers International F.C. players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Al-Merrikh SC players
- Footballers from Kaduna
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Nigeria men's A' international footballers
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sudan
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan
- Members of the Order of the Niger
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen