Henry Okwudili Onwuzuruike (born 26 December 1979) is a Nigerian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Onwuzuruike began his early career in his native Nigeria with

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and Jasper United, before playing in the Netherlands with Heerenveen. He later played in Germany for

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1. SC Feucht 1. SC Feucht is a German association football club from Feucht, a market town close to the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier-three Regionalliga Süd in 2003, where it played for two seasons ...

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, TSV Crailsheim and SSV Ulm 1846. He also represented

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at international level, and played at the

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References

1979 births Living people People from Aba, Nigeria Nigerian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Nigeria Nigeria men's international footballers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics NEPA Lagos F.C. players Jasper United F.C. players Men's association football midfielders SC Heerenveen players SV Darmstadt 98 players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players SSV Ulm 1846 players Eredivisie players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub