Christian Omeruo (born 13 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who has played for

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teams and Nigeria U-20. He is the older brother of professional footballers

Kenneth Omeruo Kenneth Josiah Omeruo (born 17 October 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender and the captain for Segunda División club Leganés and the Nigeria national team. Omeruo signed for Chelsea from Standard Liège in Jan ...

and Lucky Omeruo.

Career

Omeruo is a both footed striker and was discovered by Karamone. He started his professional league football debut with COD United F.C. in 2012/13 season, later signed for

Sunshine Stars F.C. Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Akure. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is the Akure Township Stadium. Funding Sunshine Stars FC are funded ...

http://www.nigeriafootball.com/playerInfo,331,Christian-Omeruo and played between 2013 and 2015

season due to his great performances for COD United, He signed a year contract with

Kwara United F.C. Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League after promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is t ...

in the 2015/16 league season. He was invited to the Nigeria U-20 in 2012 and has made 12 caps with 4 goals for the national team in friendly games, championship tournament and qualifier games. He was on the verge of joining some Asian, North Africa and European teams but Sunshine Stars' transfer fee was too high because he was the target striker goalscorer of the team and leading top scorer in the league. He scored braces and lone goal for his teams as one of the brace was against Kano Pillars.

References

External links

Christian Omeruo Profile
1992 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria Professional Football League players Men's association football forwards Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Karamone F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Nigeria Sunshine Stars F.C. players Kwara United F.C. players Yoruba sportspeople Sportspeople from Abia State COD United F.C. players {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub