Eugene Ambuchi Asike (born 30 November 1993) is a Kenyan international

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who plays for Swedish club

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, as a

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Career

Asike has played club football for

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Sofapaka Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundan ...

and Tusker. In April 2022 he signed for Swedish club

. He made his international debut for

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in 2012.

References

1993 births Living people Kenyan men's footballers Kenya men's international footballers Kenya Commercial Bank S.C. players Sofapaka F.C. players Gor Mahia F.C. players IF Karlstad Fotboll players Kenyan Premier League players Men's association football defenders Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub