Kingsley Osezele Ehizibue (born 25 May 1995) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Serie A
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club
Udinese. Born in Germany and raised in the Netherlands, he represents Nigeria internationally.
Early years
Ehizibue was born in Germany to Nigerian parents, but moved to the Netherlands at 2 years of age, growing up in
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
. He started playing football at local amateur outfit CSV'28.
[Interview met Kingsley Ehizibue]
- PEC Zwolle
Club career
Ehizibue made his professional debut for PEC Zwolle on 29 October 2014 against
HHC Hardenberg
HHC Hardenberg is a football club from Hardenberg, Netherlands. The club is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie.
History
HHC Hardenberg was founded in 1954, as the result of a merger between ''Hardenberg Voetbal Club'' of Hardenberg en ''S ...
in a
Dutch Cup
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game and made his
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
debut on 13 December 2014 against
Willem II.
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On 31 May 2019, it was announced that Ehizibue would be transferred to ]Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
club 1. FC Köln
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...
, where he signed a four-year contract until 2023.
On 30 August 2022, Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Football in Italy, Italian association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a ...
announced that Ehizibue would join the club on a contract until 2026.
International career
On 3 March 2020, Ehizibue was called up by the Nigerian national team head coach Gernot Rohr as part of the team players lined up for the fixture against the Sierra Leone national team.
Personal life
Ehizibue is an evangelical Christian who regularly attends Hillsong Church
Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a global Evangelical charismatic movement, charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia.
The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New ...
and other evangelical churches.Instagram post
''instagram.com/kingsleyehiz/'', April 3, 2022
Career statistics
References
External links
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Netherlands profileat OnsOranje
1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Munich
Footballers from Zwolle
Nigerian men's footballers
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Nigerian emigrants to the Netherlands
Dutch people of Nigerian descent
Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
Men's association football fullbacks
PEC Zwolle players
1. FC Köln players
Udinese Calcio players
Eredivisie players
Bundesliga players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Dutch evangelicals
Nigerian evangelicals
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