Izu Azuka (born 24 May 1989) is a Nigerian

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player who is currently playing for

Fasil Kenema S.C. Fasil Kenema Sport Club (Amharic: ፋሲል ከነማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Fasil City, is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Gondar, Amhara Region. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of foot ...

in Ethiopian Premier League.

Club career

On 26 November 2008, Azuka signed a two-year contract with

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JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), (Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, Berber languages, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabyli ...

after playing with Nigerian side

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In December 2010, his contract was not renewed as he made just 4 league appearances in the 2010–11 season. On 2 January 2011, Azuka joined

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Al-Ittihad Tripoli Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football (soccer), football club based in Bab Ben Ga ...

on a free transfer from JS Kabylie. He then signed for

Sunshine Stars F.C. Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Akure. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is the Akure Township Stadium. Funding Sunshine Stars FC are funded ...

of Akure in December 2011, a squad which eliminated Ittihad in the

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. On 7 September 2012,

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announced that they had reached a deal with Sunshine Stars for Azuka. He joined the club in December when the transfer window opens and sign a three and a half-year contract. In February 2015, Azuka joined Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar on a one-year contract. Moving to fellow Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Taraz July of the same year. Azuka joined Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor at 4 January 2016.

International career

He was called up by Olympic coach Augustine Eguavoen for the June 2011

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against

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

DZFoot Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azuka, Izu 1989 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Footballers from Rivers State Sportspeople from Port Harcourt Expatriate footballers in Algeria Expatriate footballers in Libya Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players TFF First League players Sharks F.C. players JS Kabylie players Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players CS Hammam-Lif players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Kahramanmaraşspor footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Association football forwards Libyan Premier League players