Emmanuel Ekwueme

Emmanuel Ekwueme
Personnel
Surname	Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ekwueme
birthday	November 22, 1979
place of birth	Aboh Mbaise ,  Nigeria
size	177 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-1997	NEPA Lagos
1997-1999	Jasper United
1999-2002	Polonia Warsaw	61 (1)
2002	Widzew Łódź	7 (2)
2002-2003	Polonia Warsaw	14 (1)
2003-2004	Wisla Plock	21 (1)
2004-2005	Aris Thessaloniki	8 (1)
2005-2006	Veria FC	18 (0)
2007	Unia Janikowo	0 (0)
2007-2008	Warta Poznań	6 (0)
2008-2010	Znicz Pruszków	41 (0)
2010-2013	LZS Piotrówka	61 (4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2000-2004	Nigeria	12 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ekwueme (born November 22, 1979 in Aboh Mbaise , Nigeria ) is a former Nigerian football player .

Club career

Ekwueme began his professional career in 1996 at the Nigerian club NEPA Lagos , for which he played for one season. He then moved to Jasper United FC , where he worked for three seasons. In 1999 he was signed by Polonia Warszawa . With the Polish capital club, he won the Polish championship and the league cup in 2000, and then the Polish cup and the Polish Supercup in 2001 . During his time in Poland from 1999 to 2004 he also played for Widzew Łódź and Wisła Płock . At the end of 2004 he moved to Greece to Aris Saloniki . Here, however, he could not prevail and moved to the second division Veria FC after the season . For Veria, he completed 18 league games. After the season, his contract was not renewed and he was without a club for one season. In 2007 he signed a contract with the Polish second division club Unia Janikowo , but was not used because of differences with the board and moved to the league rivals Warta Poznań . From the end of 2008 to 2010 he played for the Polish second division club Znicz Pruszków . For the 2010/11 season he said goodbye to professional football and moved to the 4th Polish League at LZS Piotrówka. After the first half of the 2013/14 season, Emmanuel Ekwueme ended his football career.

National team

Emmanuel Ekwueme played twelve times for the Nigerian national soccer team between 2000 and 2003 . He participated with Nigeria in the 2004 Africa Cup, where Nigeria finished third.

successes

• Polish champion (2000)
• Polish League Cup Winner (2000)
• Polish Cup Winner (2001)
• Polish League Cup Winner (2001)
• 3rd place Africa Cup (2004)

useful information

• In Poland he is nicknamed "Tolek".
• Three of his brothers are also soccer players. Paschal Obinna Ekwueme currently at Pelikan Łowicz , Martins Nnabugwu Ekwueme at Sporting Clube de Goa and Lucky Junior Ekwueme most recently at LZS Piotrówka .

Web links

• Emmanuel Ekwueme in the 90minut.pl database (Polish)