Nwankwo Tochukwu (born 27 April 1986 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian

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player currently with the Ventura County Fusion.

Career

Tochukwu Nwankwo is a creative midfielder who grew up in Jos, Nigeria. Some of his peers during his youth career were players such as Mikel John Obi and

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, part of the talented group of youth players that came out of Jos during the period from 2005 to 2007. He began his career with the Jos University Teaching Hospital Football Club, commonly known as JUTH F.C. In Nigeria he was known as a deadly freekick specialist, scoring 5 goals in one season off of freekicks. He then moved to

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of Slovenia in January 2008. He played in the

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season for

and returned to Nigeria in January 2009 to his youth club JUTH F.C. As his career as a footballer was starting, his family relocated to the United States. In December 2010, at the end of his contract with JUTH, he relocated to the United States. After a year, he restarted his career with the Ventura County Fusion,Tochkwu Nwankwo Scores from Distance
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External links

Profile
at Koper official site
Profile, photo and stats from Slovenia
at PrvaLiga.si

References

1988 births Living people Footballers from Port Harcourt Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriates in Slovenia Men's association football midfielders FC Koper players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia JUTH F.C. players {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub