Anayo Emmanuel Iwuala (born 20 March 1999) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

professional

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who plays as a winger for

Kuwait Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Kuwait football pyramid system. Formed in 1961, Al-Arabi, Qadsia and Kuwait both hold the best record in the competition, having won ...

club Al Arabi and the Nigeria national team.

Career

Iwuala signed to

Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ...

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.

International career

Iwuala debuted for the Nigeria national team in a 1–0

2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the 33rd edition of the international men's football champions ...

win over

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

on 27 March 2021.

Honours

Espérance de Tunis *

Tunisian Super Cup The Tunisian Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر التونسي) or the Tunisia Premier Cup ( ar, كأس تونس الممتازة) was previously called the Tunisian Cup Winners' Cup. It is a Tunisian football competition organized by the Tunis ...

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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

: 2021–22 CR Belouizdad *

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

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* 1999 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Men's association football wingers Delta Force F.C. players Enyimba F.C. players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players CR Belouizdad players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Nigeria Professional Football League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Kuwait Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait {{Nigeria-footy-bio-stub