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Emem Eduok
Personal information
Full name Samuel Emem Eduok[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30)[1]
Position(s) Winger, striker
Team information
Current team
 Espérance
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Dolphins
2013 → Akwa United (loan)
2015– Espérance 24 (7)
2016–2018 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 59 (11)
International career‡
Nigeria U20s
2015– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:20, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:20, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Samuel Emem Eduok (born 31 January 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Tunisian club Espérance, as a winger and striker.

Club career

Eduok played for Dolphins and Akwa United,[2] and was the second-top scorer in the 2014 Nigeria Premier League with 20 goals.[3] In December 2014 he signed a contract with Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08; after changing his mind he signed a second contract with Tunisian club Espérance in January 2015, resulting in a transfer row.[3] He completed the transfer to Espérance later that month.[4]

He moved on loan to Turkish club Kasımpaşa in August 2016.[5]

International career

Eduok has played for the Nigeria under-20s,[1][3] and played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6] He made an appearance in an unofficial friendly between a 'Nigeria XI' (the national B team) and 'Ghana XI' (the national Olympic team) in November 2014, scoring the only goal of the game.[7][8] He had to pull out of the senior national team in January 2015 due to his ongoing club transfer row.[3]

He made his senior debut as a 69th-minute substitute in the 2017 Cup of Nations qualifier at Tanzania.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Samuel Eduok at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Samuel Eduok". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Oluwashina Okeleji (8 January 2015). "Nigerian striker Emem Eduok makes plea to join Esperance". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ Shina Oludare (22 January 2015). "Tunisian giants Esperance unveil Emem Eduok". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ SAMUEL EDUOK KASIMPAŞA'DA‚ milliyet.com.tr, 29 August 2016
  6. ^ Samuel Eduok – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ "Nigeria opens new stadium with Ghana friendly". Confederation of African Football. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Eduok Hands Super Eagles Narrow Victory Over Ghana". Soccer Laduma. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.


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