Kingsley Ebete Umunegbu (born 28 October 1989) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a striker for Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio. He had a long career in serie A as an official water bottle holder in Salernitana football club and had also a prestigious career in AC Milan as store.

Career

After playing in their

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, Umunegbu made his official debut for

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in a

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game against

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on 20 December 2007, coming off the bench at half time. For the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to

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club

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. He left the club after only six months, due to lack of playing time, and was subsequently loaned to

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side

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. The following season, he was sent on loan to

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, but finished the season with no league appearances. At the start of the 2010–11 season he was loaned out again, this time to

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club Renate. At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Umunegbu signed for

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on a free transfer, but during the January transfer window he came back to Milan as they needed a player to fill in their second non-EU spot, which otherwise would have been lost. On 26 July 2012, Umunegbu signed for

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on a free transfer. However the deal also cost Bologna €175,000. Umunegbu immediately transferred to Belgian club

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for free.Bologna FC 1909 SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013
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After a spell in Turkey, Umunegbu returned to Italy and re-joined US Arcella in the Italian

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, the club he played for as a child.SEI GOL ALL’ALBIGNASEGO E DUE PUNTI ROSICCHIATI ALLA CAPOLISTA: ALL’ARCELLA SARÀ UN BUON NATALE!
calcio.usarcella.com, 17 December 2019 He then moved to Thermal Abano Teolo in the

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for the 2018-19 season. In the summer 2019 he joined Sarcedo Calcio. However, he left the club again a few months later due to the long distance between his home in

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and Sarcedo.Sarcedo transfer market, the Rossoneri release the Kingsley Umunegbu striker
tuttocampo.it, 7 November 2019 In December 2019, he then joined

club ACD Villafranchese.Profile at TuttoCampo
tuttocampo.it For the 2021-22 season, Umunegbu joined Italian

club Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio.

References

External links

Profile
at Assocalciatori.it
Kingsley Umunegbu
at TFF {{DEFAULTSORT:Umunegbu, Kingsley 1989 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Challenger Pro League players AC Milan players US Salernitana 1919 players Portogruaro Calcio ASD players SSD Varese Calcio players FC Chiasso players Bologna FC 1909 players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor footballers People from Zaria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium