Ikouwem Udo Utin (born 11 November 1999) is a Nigerian international

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who plays for Croatian club

NK Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo ( en, Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo or simply Slaven, and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city ...

, as a

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Club career

Born in

Akwa Ibom State Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe ...

, Udo began his career with Alaska Football Academy before moving to

Enyimba Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial center of Abia State. Upon the creation of Abia state in 1991, Aba was divided into two local government areas namely; Aba South and Aba North. Aba south is the main city centre and ...

at the age of 16. He made his senior debut in 2017. In February 2018 he won the NFF Young Player of the Year award. In May 2019 he signed for Israeli club

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

. On 28 July 2020 he was loaned to

Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Sakhnin F.C. ( ar, اتحاد أبناء سخنين, he, איחוד בני סכנין, ''Ihud Bnei Sakhnin''; ''Ittihad Abna Sakhnin'', ) is an Israeli football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club ...

until the end of the season. In 4 September 2021 Udo signed with Croatian club

International career

He made his international debut for

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in 2018.

Honours

*2018 NFF Young Player of the Year

References

1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Akwa Ibom State Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Enyimba F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players NK Slaven Belupo players Nigeria Professional Football League players Israeli Premier League players Association football fullbacks Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Croatia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Nigeria A' international footballers 2018 African Nations Championship players {{Nigeria-footy-defender-stub