David Terzungwe Tyavkase (born December 30, 1984, in

Benue State Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is t ...

) is a

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football player currently with Lobi Stars FC

Career

Tyavkase began his career with

Enyimba Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial center of Abia State. Upon the creation of Abia state in 1991, Aba was divided into two local government areas namely; Aba South and Aba North. Aba south is the main city centre an ...

and in July 2007 joined

Lobi Stars Lobi Stars Football Club (formerly known as ''Mosquito football club'', ''Lobi Bank'', ''BBL Hawks'', and ''Hawks'') is a Nigerian professional soccer club based in Makurdi, Benue. The club competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League. ...

. After a two-year spell, he returned on 12 February 2009 to Enyimba. The offensive allrounder, who can play as striker or

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, returned to Lobi at the start of the 2012 season. In September 2013, Tyavkase left Nigeria for the 2012–13 Gabonese league winners

US Bitam Union Sportive de Bitam is a Gabonese professional association football club based in Bitam, Gabon, that competes in the Gabon Championnat National D1. Crest Achievements *Gabon Championnat National D1: 3 :: 2003, 2010, 2013. * Coupe du Gabo ...

International

He earned in the year 2005 season one cap for the

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References

1984 births Enyimba F.C. players Men's association football forwards Living people Nigerian footballers Lobi Stars F.C. players Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Gabon Nigeria men's international footballers Gabon Championnat National D1 players {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub