Patrick Friday Eze (born 22 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club Ankara Keçiörengücü.

Career

In his homeland, Eze played with Ajiya Babes and

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, before moving abroad to Ivorian club

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in 2011. He won the

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in his first season with the side. Eze subsequently appeared for Africa Sports in the qualification phase for the

2012 CAF Champions League The 2012 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th e ...

. In the summer of 2013, Eze moved to Serbia and signed with SuperLiga side

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. He was transferred to fellow top league club

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in the 2014 winter transfer window, failing to make an impact with both sides. In the summer of 2014, Eze signed with newly promoted

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. He scored a

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in a 3–2 home league victory over Spartak Subotica on 7 March 2015. Eze finished the season as the league's top scorer with 15 goals. In July 2015, Eze moved to the United Arab Emirates and signed with

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. He was the team's top scorer in the 2015–16 season, netting 14 goals from 24 league appearances, as the club suffered relegation from the

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. In July 2016, Eze was sent on a

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-long loan to Saudi club Al Qadsiah. In August 2017, Eze was transferred to Turkish club

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

, penning a three-year contract. He was later loaned to

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in January 2018. After spending several months without a club, Eze signed with Polish club

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

in early 2019. He left the club at the end of the season where his contract expired. On 20 October 2019, Eze joined Jordanian club

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Statistics

Honours

Africa Sports *

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: 2011 Raków Częstochowa *

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

: 2018–19 Individual *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

top scorer: 2014–15 *

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season The Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season is an annual award given to a set of 11 footballers in the top tier of Serbian football, the SuperLiga, who are seen to be the best 11 players of the calendar season. Winners 2008–09 Source 2009–10 ...

: 2014–15

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