Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a

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for Austrian club

SV Ried SV Ried is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Austrian Football Bundesli ...

on loan from the Italian club

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

and the Nigeria national team

Club career

He joined Italian club

on 29 August 2017 and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the

2017–18 Serie A The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. ...

season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field. On 15 August 2018, he joined

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club

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

on a season-long loan. He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

as a 79th-minute substitute for

Raffaele Bianco Raffaele Bianco (born 25 August 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Audace Cerignola. Career Juventus A product of the Juventus F.C. Youth Sector, Bianco was one of several academy youngsters called up to the Juve ...

. He made his

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debut for

on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against

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on 25 August 2019. On 2 September 2019, Michael joined

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

on loan until 30 June 2020. On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to

side

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are n ...

, on a loan deal until the end of the season. On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to

in Austria.

International

He represented

Nigeria national under-17 football team The Nigeria national U-17 football team known as the Golden Eaglets, is the youngest team that represents Nigeria in football The team is the most successful in international football for their age group winning a record, five FIFA U-17 World C ...

at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, where Nigeria finished 4th, and

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015. Host selection The following four countries bid to host the tournament: * * * * Venues Along with proposing ...

, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil, but did not appear in the semifinal or final. He made his debut for the

Nigeria national football team The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in men's international Association football, football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, with their most recent title in ...

on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match.

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