Azubuike Egwuekwe
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Full name
Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe[1]
Date of birth
16 July 1989
Place of birth
Lafia, Nigeria
Height
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
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| Full name | Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lafia, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Nasarawa United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Yerima Strikers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Warri Wolves | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | KuPS | 50 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | SuperSport United | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Nasr Benghazi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Rivers United | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Nigeria | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:23, 21 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe ⓘ MON (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Born in Lafia, Egwuekwe played club football for Nasarawa United, Yerima Strikers, Warri Wolves, KuPS and SuperSport United.[1][2]
After a year at Libyan club Al-Nasr Benghazi, Egwuekwe returned to Nigeria and joined Rivers United in September 2019.[3]
