Dickson case

Dickson case
Dickson Etuhu (2014)
Personnel
Surname	Dickson Paul Etuhu
birthday	June 8, 1982
place of birth	Kano ,  Nigeria
size	188 cm
position	midfield player
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2000-2002	Manchester City	12 0(0)
2002-2006	Preston North End	134 (17)
2005-2006	→  Norwich City  (loan)	8 0(0)
2006-2007	Norwich City	54 0(6)
2007-2008	Sunderland FC	20 0(1)
2008–2012	Fulham FC	91 0(3)
2012-2014	Blackburn Rovers	23 0(1)
2015-2016	AIK	23 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007–2012	Nigeria	20 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Dickson Paul Etuhu (born June 8, 1982 in Kano ) is a Nigerian football player .

Club career

Etuhu grew up in the London borough of Nunhead and attended St. Thomas the Apostle College . He is the oldest of four brothers, the youngest, Kelvin Etuhu , is also a professional footballer. First professional station was Manchester City , then he moved to Preston North End in January 2002 for 300,000 pounds and played there until November 2005.

Norwich City

In November 2005 it was awarded to Norwich City . Although his performance during the loan phase was rather mixed, he was signed by Norwich two months later for 450,000 pounds. His performance improved towards the end of the season and Etuhu was also able to convince the following season.

He scored his first league goal for Norwich in September 2006 against Southend United, on October 21 of the same year he scored the 1-0 winner over Cardiff City, helping his new coach Peter Grant , who two weeks earlier replaced Nigel Worthington , to one Victory in the first home game.

Sunderland

With promoted Sunderland FC he signed a contract in July 2007, the transfer fee was 1.5 million pounds. Etuhu immediately managed to gain a regular place at the Premier League club and completed 18 league appearances in the first half of the season.

National team career

Etuhu was already in the field of vision of the Nigerian national team before the 2002 World Cup , but was ultimately not taken into account. In September 2007 he was appointed to the national team of his country for the first time by national coach Berti Vogts , but had to cancel due to injury. The following month made his debut in a friendly against Mexico. The midfielder is also part of Nigeria's squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana.

Web links

• Dickson Etuhu in the weltfussball.de database
• Dickson Etuhu in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Dickson Etuhu in the database of soccerbase.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Big brother spurs Kelvin on . Retrieved January 8, 2007. 
2. ↑ Etuhu gets Nigeria call . Retrieved January 19, 2008.