Emeka Friday Eze
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Oxygène de Mfou | ||
2016 | Aigle Royal Menoua | 29 | (9) |
2017 | RoPS | 21 | (7) |
2017– | Sturm Graz | 25 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2018 |
Emeka Friday Eze (born 26 September 1996) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian Football Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz.[1]
Playing career
Early career
After playing for a minor club in Nigeria, Eze arrived in Cameroon in 2013, where he started off playing for a local football academy in Mbanga.[2] He then joined Oxygène de Mfou, a second division regional club in the Centre region, in 2014.[3] Despite not playing the whole of first season he managed eleven goals and close to thirty the next season, earning him titles for the best player and top scorer in the league respectively.[2][4]
Aigle Royal Menoua
Following the two successful seasons with Oxygène, Eze was offered a contract by MTN Elite One (Ligue 1) club Aigle Royal Menoua. He ended the 2016 season with nine goals and was among the 25 nominees for the league's best player award.[5][6]
RoPS
In 2017, Eze was headed to Cameroonian champion UMS de Loum,[5] but set his sights to Europe instead. After trying out for Estonian Paide Linnameeskond,[7] he ended up playing for RoPS in Rovaniemi, Finland.[8] He scored a goal in his first appearance with RoPS in a friendly match against IFK Luleå.[9] Having made his Veikkausliiga debut on 22 April 2017, Eze's first goal came a week later in his second game, against PS Kemi.[1][10]
References
- ^ a b "Emeka Friday Eze". RoPS (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Friday Emeka : " Je veux jouer à Manchester United "". Camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Friday Eze Emeka : Un " super eagle " à la pointe de l'attaque de Aigle Royal". Camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Quand un Super Eagle respire, Aigle s'envole". Camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Transfert UMS Signe Emeka". PressSport.com (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Jude Kongnyuy Nominated For League 1 Best Player Award". Lions4Life.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Paide tuli kaheväravalisest kaotusseisust välja ja alistas Kalju (Frolov sai põlvevigastuse!)". Soccernet.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "RoPS:lle vahvistuksia hyökkäys- ja puolustuspäähän". Suomifutis.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "RoPS ja IFK Luleå tasasivat maalit". RoPS (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Otteluraportti: RoPS - PS Kemi (Kierros 4, Veikkausliiga 2017)". RoPS (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- RoPS players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cameroon
- Nigerian expatriates in Cameroon
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Nigerian expatriates in Finland
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Association footballers not categorized by position
- Nigerian football biography stubs