Neville Ogidi Nwankwo
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
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Neville Ogidi Nwankwo (born 8 October 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Utrecht.
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Neville Ogidi Nwankwo (2025) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utrecht | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Haaglandia | |||
| ADO Den Haag | |||
| 2017–2020 | DHC Delft | ||
| 2020–2021 | Westlandia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Westlandia | 21 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Rijnvogels | 33 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Quick Boys | 18 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Rijnvogels (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2025– | Utrecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Telstar (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:19, 17 May 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in The Hague, Nwankwo played youth football with Haaglandia, ADO Den Haag, DHC Delft and Westlandia before moving into senior football with Westlandia during the 2021–22 Derde Divisie season.[1][2]
He joined FC Rijnvogels in June 2022, moving up from Westlandia,[3][4] and on 4 January 2023 signed a two-year deal with Quick Boys, who loaned him back to Rijnvogels for the 2023–24 season.[5][6]
On 16 January 2025, he scored for Quick Boys in a 3–2 extra-time win over Heerenveen in the KNVB Cup round of 16.[7][8] He was part of the Quick Boys side that won the 2024–25 Tweede Divisie.[9][10]
On 3 July 2025, he signed for Utrecht on a two-year contract with a two-year option and was immediately loaned to newly promoted Telstar for the 2025–26 Eredivisie season.[11][12] He made his professional debut for Telstar on 14 September 2025 in a 3–1 home defeat to Fortuna Sittard, a match in which he appeared as a late substitute.[13][14]
Personal life
Nwankwo's mother is Surinamese and his father is Nigerian.[15] His older brother, Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo, is also a professional footballer; the pair played together for the first time for Quick Boys in October 2024 and were later team-mates at Telstar.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2026[16]
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Westlandia | 2021–22 | Derde Divisie | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | |
| Rijnvogels | 2022–23 | Derde Divisie | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| Quick Boys | 2023–24 | Tweede Divisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Tweede Divisie | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| Rijnvogels (loan) | 2023–24 | Derde Divisie | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | |
| Utrecht | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Telstar (loan) | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |
| Career total | 114 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 9 | ||
Honours
Quick Boys