Kingsley Osezele Ehizibue (born 25 May 1995) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Udinese. Born in Germany and raised in the Netherlands, he represents Nigeria internationally.

Early years

Ehizibue was born in Germany to Nigerian parents, but moved to the Netherlands at 2 years of age, growing up in

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. He started playing football at local amateur outfit CSV'28.Interview met Kingsley Ehizibue
- PEC Zwolle

Club career

Ehizibue made his professional debut for PEC Zwolle on 29 October 2014 against

HHC Hardenberg HHC Hardenberg is a football club from Hardenberg, Netherlands. The club is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie. History HHC Hardenberg was founded in 1954, as the result of a merger between ''Hardenberg Voetbal Club'' of Hardenberg en ''S ...

in a

Dutch Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

game and made his

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debut on 13 December 2014 against Willem II. On 31 May 2019, it was announced that Ehizibue would be transferred to

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club

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

, where he signed a four-year contract until 2023. On 30 August 2022,

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Football in Italy, Italian association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a ...

announced that Ehizibue would join the club on a contract until 2026.

International career

On 3 March 2020, Ehizibue was called up by the Nigerian national team head coach Gernot Rohr as part of the team players lined up for the fixture against the Sierra Leone national team.

Personal life

Ehizibue is an evangelical Christian who regularly attends

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and other evangelical churches.Instagram post
''instagram.com/kingsleyehiz/'', April 3, 2022

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Netherlands profile
at OnsOranje 1995 births Living people Footballers from Munich Footballers from Zwolle Nigerian men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Nigerian emigrants to the Netherlands Dutch people of Nigerian descent Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands Men's association football fullbacks PEC Zwolle players 1. FC Köln players Udinese Calcio players Eredivisie players Bundesliga players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Dutch evangelicals Nigerian evangelicals {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub