Felix Ohis Uduokhai (born 9 September 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a centre-back or

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for

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club

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Club career

Uduokhai was born to a Nigerian father and German mother, and is a Germany youth international. In June 2017, after his previous team

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had been relegated from

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to fourth tier

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, Uduokhai moved to

side

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, signing a five-year-contract until 2022. On 28 August 2019, it was announced that Uduokhai will be on loan to

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until the end of the season. On 4 June 2020, FC Augsburg confirmed they would use the option to buy in Uduokhai’s

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deal. He completed a permanent

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to the club for a fee of

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9 million.

International career

Uduokhai has played several matches with the German U19, U20, and U21 national teams. Playing for

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is still an option for Uduokhai, if he doesn’t get an any opportunities with Germany. He earned his first call-up for the German senior team on 6 November 2020. Uduokhai was named in Germany's squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he scored the winning goal in the team's second match, heading home from a Max Kruse corner to give Germany a 3–2 victory over Saudi Arabia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uduokhai, Felix 1997 births Living people People from Annaberg-Buchholz German sportspeople of Nigerian descent Footballers from Saxony German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players VfL Wolfsburg players FC Augsburg players