Precious Monye
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| Full name | Precious Monye Onyabor | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 22, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Enyimba International | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Udoji United | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Stationery Stores | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Sharks | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Reggiana 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | → Videoton (loan) | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | → Cosenza Calcio (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | → Videoton (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | → Újpest (loan) | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | FC UTA Arad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Videoton | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Birkirkara | 74 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Ħamrun Spartans | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Sannat Lions | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria U17[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria U20[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria U23[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Nigeria | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Precious Monye Onyaborⓘ (born 22 December 1974) is a Nigerian retired footballer.
Monye signed with Italian side Reggiana 1919, and was loaned out to second division side Cosenza Calcio and Hungarian side Videoton, where he became the club's first ever black player.[2] He was also loaned to Újpest FC, winning a league title with them in 1997–98.[3] He returned to Nigeria to get treatment for an injury before joining UTA Arad in Romania for a season.[1] He then returned to Hungary in 2002 to rejoin Videoton.[3]
From there, he signed for Maltese team Birkirkara in January 2004,[4] where he spent four seasons. He switched to Ħamrun Spartans in 2007,[5] where he played for another year.
