Manasseh Ishiaku (born 9 January 1983) is a Nigerian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. While at

La Louvière La Louvière (; wa, El Lovire) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Houdeng-Aimeries, Hou ...

he helped them win the

2002–03 Belgian Cup The 2002–03 Belgian Cup was the 48th season of the main knockout competition in Belgian association football, the Belgian Cup. For the first time the quarter-finals were played in two legs. Final rounds The final phase started in the round of 3 ...

, scoring twice in the final. Four years later he scored the winning goal in the final of the same competition, this time for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

Honours

La Louvière * Belgian Cup: 2002–03 Club Brugge * Belgian Super Cup:

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* Belgian Cup: 2006–07

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* * * 1983 births Living people Footballers from Port Harcourt Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Shooting Stars S.C. players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni K.S.V. Roeselare players R.A.A. Louviéroise players Club Brugge KV players MSV Duisburg players 1. FC Köln players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players Nigeria men's international footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{RiversState-sport-bio-stub