Kingsley Njoku (born 18 August 1986 in
Lagos
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,
Nigeria
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) is a Nigerian footballer who last played for Lalor United of the Australian Men's State League 4 North.
Career
Singapore
Clinching the
2008 Singapore League Cup
The 2008 Singapore League Cup marks the second occasion on which the Singapore League Cup competition has been staged. (The event was launched in 2007). Its official sponsored name for 2008 is the Avaya- J&J League Cup.
In 2007, the event was hel ...
trophy with
Gombak United
Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club which competed in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was based in Bukit Gombak. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their ho ...
of the Singapore
S.League, Njoku tried out for Norwegian side
Lyn Oslo that year before re-joining Gombak United in March 2009 and netting a goal in a 1-0 win over
Young Lions upon returning. However, because of a situation regarding his marriage in Nigeria, which had deleterious effects on his mental health, the striker was dropped from the Gombak United roster in early 2010.
Cambodia
Announced as one of Cambodian outfit
Phnom Penh Crown
Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...
's new signings in late 2010, Njoku donned the number 20 jersey,
scoring the winning goal to help Crown list the
2011 Cambodian League title and finishing that season with 10 goals in the league and 4 before the final of the
2011 AFC President's Cup
The 2011 AFC President's Cup was the seventh edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.
Teams from 12 member associations competed. ...
. He then stayed with Phnom Penh Crown for 2012, missing the first half of the season on account of being suspended by the
AFC.
In 2011, Njoku scored 5 goals in a friendly game opposing
Asia Euro University that ended 10-1 in favor of Crown; that year, he also scored the opening goal 12 seconds into the match, in a 4-0 triumph over
Prek Pra Keila.
He is an
Igbo, an ethnic group ubiquitous in southern Nigeria.
References
External links
Player CV*
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1986 births
Footballers from Lagos
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia
Singapore Premier League players
Gombak United FC players
Nigerian men's footballers
Phnom Penh Crown FC players
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Preston Lions FC players