Anayo Iwuala
Nigerian footballer
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Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala ⓘ (born 20 March 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kuwait Premier League club Al Arabi and the Nigeria national team.
Full name
Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala
Date of birth
20 March 1999
Place of birth
Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Arabi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Kada City | 8 | (2) |
| 2019 | Delta Force | 9 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Enyimba | 38 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Espérance de Tunis | 19 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → CR Belouizdad (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2023– | Al Arabi | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 July 2021 | |||
Career
Iwuala signed to Espérance de Tunis at the beginning of the 2021–22 season. In September 2021, Espérance de Tunis played the Super Cup final in which Iwuala scored the only goal of the game helping the team to win the cup.[1]
International career
Iwuala debuted for the Nigeria national team in a 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Benin on 27 March 2021.[2]
Honours
Espérance de Tunis
CR Belouizdad
