Kingsley Onuegbu
 Onuegbu in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nea Salamis Famagusta | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | SC Idar-Oberstein | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | SC Idar-Oberstein | 26 | (12) |
| 2008–2010 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 58 | (17) |
| 2010–2013 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 21 | (6) |
| 2011–2013 | → SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 18 | (5) |
| 2012 | → SV Sandhausen (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2013–2018 | MSV Duisburg | 163 | (45) |
| 2018– | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 3 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11, 20 September 2018 (UTC) | |||
Kingsley Ugochuwu (born 5 March 1986) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Nea Salamis Famagusta.[1][2][3]
Career
He played only street soccer in Nigeria,[4] before his football career began in Germany in the summer of 2005 with SC Idar-Oberstein. In his first professional season for Idar-Oberstein in 2007–08, Onuegbu scored twelve goals in 26 games. In the summer of 2008 he joined Eintracht Braunschweig. On 11 May 2010, he left Braunschweig to sign with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2013. On 9 May 2018, it was annoucned that he will leave Duisburg at the end of the 2017–18 season.[5] For the 2018–19 season, he jouned Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta.[6]
Personal life
He was born as Kingsley Ugochuwu and moved with twenty years from Lagos, Nigeria to his father to Paris, France.[7]
References
- ^ "Kingsley Onuegbu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Onuegbu, Kingsley" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Kingsley Onuegbu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Kingsley Onuegbu hat die Kritiker schnell widerlegt". newsclick.de (in German). 4 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "Sieben Abschiede am Sonntag: Danke für eue Zeit in Zebrastreifen!". msv-duisburg.de. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με τον Νιγηριανό επιθετικό Kingsley Onuegbu". neasalamina.com. 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Er stürmt mit neuem Namen" (in German). bild.de. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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