Donald Agu (born 12 December 1975) is a retired

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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player.

Career

He started his career in

Enugu Rangers Rangers International Football Club, commonly known as Enugu Rangers, is a Nigerian professional association football team. They are based in Enugu and play their home games at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Enugu Rangers are one of the three olde ...

, and in 1994, came to play to Europe. First he played for

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century knig ...

in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

one season, before moving to Italy to play for

Salernitana Calcio Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recent ...

. Then he moved to Germany and played with

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

. Next, he joined the

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side

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

but failed to play a league match. Between 2000 and 2002, Agu played for

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

in the

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. In January 2002, Agu moved to

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

and played in Abahani Limited, before returning to Nigeria where he ended his career playing again for Enugu Rovers.

References

Living people 1975 births Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Association football defenders Rangers International F.C. players FK Obilić players Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro U.S. Salernitana 1919 players Expatriate footballers in Italy FC Augsburg players Eintracht Frankfurt players SSV Reutlingen 05 players Expatriate footballers in Germany Abahani Limited (Dhaka) players Expatriate footballers in Bangladesh 2. Bundesliga players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro {{Nigeria-footy-defender-stub