Duke Udi (born 5 May 1976) is a

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n former

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player.

Career

Udi started his career with Concord FC in 1993 and was part of the

Shooting Stars F.C. Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or ''Oluyole Warriors'') is a Nigerian professional football club based in Ibadan. History The club was one of the founders of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Iba ...

team that won the Nigeria Premier League in 1995. He then moved to Grasshopper Club in Switzerland and played in the

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. In 2002, he featured in the Russian league with

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. 2006 features for Lobi Stars F.C. before staging a return to Shooting Stars. On 28 August 2008,he left

Akwa United F.C. Akwa United Football Club is a Nigerian football (soccer), football club based in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League, the first division of Nigerian football. The Godswill Akpabio International Stadium is the clu ...

and returned to

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. After earning a coaching license in the

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, he was hired to coach

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in July 2014.

International

He played on international stage for

, with his last game in the 2002

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