Azubuike Emanuel Egwuekwe (born 16 July 1989) is a Nigerian 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 ...

who plays for Rivers United as a

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Club career

Born in

Lafia Lafia is a town in North Central Nigeria. It is the capital city of Nasarawa State and has a population of 330,712 inhabitants according to the 2006 census results. It is the largest town in Nasarawa state. History Lafia, also known as Lafian b ...

, Egwuekwe has played club football for

Nasarawa United Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the Nigerian P ...

, Yerima Strikers, Warri Wolves,

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 time ...

and SuperSport United. After a year at Libyan club

Al-Nasr Benghazi Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club () or simply Al-Nasr Benghazi is a Libyan professional football club based in Benghazi. Honours National titles * Libyan Premier League :Winners (2): 1987,2017–18. :Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1983� ...

, Egwuekwe returned to Nigeria and joined Rivers United in September 2019.

International career

He made his international debut for

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in 2012, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the

2013 Africa Cup of Nations The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized ...

. He was also selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the

2014 African Nations Championship The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 January and 1 February ...

Honours

Orders *

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Member of the

Order of the Niger Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Repu ...

References

1989 births Living people People from Lafia Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Warri Wolves F.C. players Nasarawa United F.C. players Kuopion Palloseura players SuperSport United F.C. players Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) players Rivers United F.C. players Veikkausliiga players South African Premier Division players Men's association football central defenders Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate men's footballers in Libya 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Libyan Premier League players Nigeria men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Members of the Order of the Niger {{Nigeria-footy-defender-stub