Emeka Jude Ugali (born 28 May 1982) is a retired Nigerian

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Career

Club

Withdrawn from Nigeria just sixteen where he played with Princess Jegede, he began his career in Serbian second-level side

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in season 1998–99.Next summer, he moved to Poland where he joined Ekstraklasa side Polonia Warsaw. During winter-break, he moved to Italy where he joined F.B.C. Unione Venezia, the team of

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. From 2000 to 2004 plays in

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, where he lived the peak of his career. In the 2003-2004 Season, The Website ''Monza News'' index a poll for fans to vote for the best player of the season. Ugali withdraws the award ''ARREDOKIT TROPHY'' 2003–04. In later years he played with several smaller teams, both amateur and

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International career

Ugali plays for the Nigerian national team, having collect 2 caps all in 2002. His debut arrive at 4 May 2002 in

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against

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in a friendly match, ended 3-0 for the Nigerians. The second and last appearance was at 18 May 2002 in

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at Loftus Road against

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always in a friendly match, ended 0-0.

Disputes

On 23 September 2001, during the match of

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(1-2), Ugali was ejected by the referee Latella from

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because the Nigerian player dropped his shorts after a Pisa player had called him "nigger". The President of Calcio Monza, Cesare D'Evant, said after the match that while condemning the incident of racism, that it did not justify the reaction of his player.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugali, Emeka Jude 1982 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Nigeria men's international footballers AC Monza players Venezia FC players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players Men's association football forwards FK Beograd (Serbia) players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Polonia Warsaw players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Poland