Barnabas Imenger Jr. (born 24 November 1990) is a Nigerian

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forward who most recently played for

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

in the

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 ...

. He is the son of former Nigeria International Barnabas Imenger.

Club career

After beginning his career at Kwara United F.C. he signed with Swedish side

Trelleborgs FF Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Superettan, the second tier in the Swedish Football system. T ...

in August 2012 for a six-month contract. After his six months were up, he returned to Nigeria to play for Lobi Stars, the team where his father is a board member. He was loaned to

Kano Pillars F.C. Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in Kano, North Western part of Nigeria. They play in the lower division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano ...

at the beginning of the 2015 season but was recalled in July.

International career

He was called up by coach

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for a new batch of Super Eagles in January 2012 and debuted in a 0-0 friendly against

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. He also played in a 3-2 friendly loss to

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Barnabas Imenger Jr.
at Footballdatabase Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Kwara United F.C. players Trelleborgs FF players Lobi Stars F.C. players Kano Pillars F.C. players MC Alger players 1991 births Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Men's association football forwards Nigeria men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub