Henry Onwuzuruike

Henry Onwuzuruike
Personnel
Surname	Henry Okwudili Onwuzuruike
birthday	December 26, 1979
place of birth	Enugu ,  Nigeria
size	172 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
1993-1995	NEPA Lagos
1996-1997	Jasper United
1997-1998	SC Heerenveen
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1997-1999	SC Heerenveen	13 0(0)
1999-2001	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	12 0(0)
2000-2001	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II	15 0(1)
2001-2004	1. SC moist	77 (15)
2004-2006	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	43 0(3)
2006	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II	5 0(0)
2006-2008	TSV Crailsheim	52 0(3)
2008-2010	SSV Ulm 1846	35 0(1)
2011–2012	SV Darmstadt 98	25 0(1)
2013–	SV Ebersbach
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Nigeria U17
	Nigeria (Olympia)
1998-2000	Nigeria	5 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of May 5, 2012

Henry Onwuzuruike (born December 26, 1979 in Enugu ) is a Nigerian football player . The midfielder has played his career so far mainly in Germany .

Career

In the club

Onwuzuruike played at Jasper United and NEPA Lagos in his home country in his youth . He came to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 1999 through the youth department of the Dutch club SC Heerenveen .

At the Franconian club Onwuzuruike came on November 20, 1999 in the 0-1 away defeat at 1. FSV Mainz 05 to his professional debut in the 2nd Bundesliga . As a result, he was used irregularly and shuttled between the starting eleven and substitutes' bench. After he could not finally prevail, he moved to the Bayern division 1. SC Feucht . With his new club he was promoted to the Regionalliga Süd in 2003 . There he was one of the top performers and with seven goals behind Roberto Hilbert and Stefan Hampl was one of the club's top three goal scorers.

The second division promoted FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt then committed Onwuzuruike. Even in his second professional position he wavered between the starting line-up and bench, only under coach Ján Kocian he was able to establish himself in the regular formation towards the end of the season. Even after relegation, he initially remained loyal to the club for a year and helped the team to stay in the Regionalliga Nord. After the end of the season he moved to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for TSV Crailsheim , who had ambitions for promotion. After the promotion was not made in 2007 and the qualification for the new fourth-class regional league was missed in the following season, he left the club and moved to SSV Ulm in 1846 within Württemberg . After a year on the Danube, the new coach Manfred Paula decided not to plan with him. After Ralf Becker took over the training in October 2009, however, he returned to the team.

During the winter break of the 2010/11 season Onwuzuruike moved to the regional division SV Darmstadt 98 and contributed to the rise of the lilies in the 3rd division . After 15 appearances in the third division 2011/12, he left SV98 at the end of the season. In January 2013 he joined the Württemberg state division club SV Ebersbach.

In the national team

Onwuzuruike represented Nigeria at the 1995 U-17 World Cup . He was used in two group matches and in the defeat in the quarterfinals against the selection of Oman. Five years later he was part of the squad for the 2000 Olympic Games and was on the field in the 4-1 loss to Chile. He also played some senior internationals for Nigeria ; so he ran in 2002 in some World Cup qualifiers.

Web links

• Henry Onwuzuruike in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Henry Onwuzuruike in the database of weltfussball.de
• Profile on kleeblatt-chronik.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kicker.de: "Paula swears by the" Basic Law "" (accessed on June 30, 2009)