Kingsley Amuneke (born 26 July 1980) is a former Nigerian

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who played as a defender.

Football career

Born in

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, Amuneke played professionally for two clubs in

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and for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

in the Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. He is the younger brother of

Emmanuel Amunike Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former professional football player who played as a winger. and is currently the assistant coach of Nigeria national team. Playing career He played for ...

, and the older sibling of another footballer,

Kevin Amuneke Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke (born 10 May 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who currently play as a forward. He has previously spent most of his professional career in Europe, mainly in Portugal and Sweden. Club career Amuneke was born in Eziobodo. A ...

; all three spent some time playing in

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* * 1980 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Belgian Pro League players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players F.C.V. Dender E.H. players Allsvenskan players Landskrona BoIS players IFK Värnamo players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{Nigeria-footy-defender-stub