Innocent Emeghara

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Innocent Emeghara
Innocent Emeghara - Switzerland vs. Argentina, 29th February 2012.jpg
Innocent Emeghara, 2012
Personnel
Surname Innocent Nkasiobi Emeghara
birthday May 29, 1989
place of birth Lagos ,  Nigeria
Size 170 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
2002-2003 FC Töss
2003-2006 FC Winterthur
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2009 FC Zurich U-21 47 (16)
2009-2010 FC Winterthur 28 (17)
2010-2011 Grasshopper Club Zurich 40 (14)
2011-2013 FC Lorient 28 0(5)
2013-2014 AC Siena 17 0(7)
2013-2014 →  AS Livorno  (loan) 30 0(4)
2014-2015 Qarabağ Agdam 8 0(5)
2015-2016 San Jose Earthquakes 7 0(1)
2017-2018 Ermis Aradippou 28 0(9)
2018-2019 Qarabağ Agdam 11 0(5)
2019– Fatih Karagümrük SK 3 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011 Switzerland U-21 8 0(5)
2011-2013 Switzerland 9 0(0)
2012 Switzerland Olympia 3 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 15, 2019

Innocent Emeghara (born May 29, 1989 in Lagos ) is a Nigerian - Swiss football player . From 2011 to 2013 he played in the position of striker in the Swiss national team .

Player career

society

The native Nigerian came to Switzerland to Winterthur at the age of 13 and played for FC Töss , FC Winterthur and FC Zurich during his youth . From the 2006/07 season he was in the 1st division , the third division of Switzerland, for the U-21 team of FC Zurich. In the next three seasons he received more appearances in the first division and in the 2008/09 season he made the leap into the regular formation, but he was never used in the professional team of FC Zurich in the Super League .

For the 2009/10 season Emeghara moved to FC Winterthur in the Challenge League , where he immediately made his breakthrough. He finished the season together with Frédéric Besseyre from Stade Nyonnais with 17 league goals in fourth place in the scorers list. Thus he became interesting for the teams from the Super League and the Grasshopper Club Zurich signed him in July 2010. At the Hoppers he impressed with his enormous speed immediately after his arrival. In August 2011 he scored his first hat trick in the Super League in the away game against Servette Geneva .

At the end of August 2011, he moved to Ligue 1 club FC Lorient , where he signed a four-year contract. In his first appearance with his new club in the away game against FC Sochaux , he scored the goal to make it 1-1.

In January 2013 Emeghara moved to the Italian Serie A for AC Siena . In 17 games he scored seven goals, but could not prevent relegation to Serie B. Then Emeghara was loaned to AS Livorno for the 2013/14 season. He scored four goals in 30 league games.

After Emeghara's parent club AC Siena had been dissolved, he moved to the Azerbaijani Premyer Liqası to Qarabağ Ağdam on a free transfer . His contract was terminated on January 5, 2015 after eight appearances in which Emeghara scored five goals. Emeghara then trained with his ex-club FC Winterthur and played as part of the Hamburger SV training camp in Dubai . Despite the fact that he behaved "fabulously" during the training camp and the test match against Odense BK, according to Peter Knäbel , director of professional football at HSV, Emeghara did not receive a contract in Hamburg.

From January 31, 2015 to December 31, 2016, Emeghara played with the San José Earthquakes .

National player

In October 2010 he received Swiss citizenship and then said that he was hoping for a squad for the Swiss national soccer team . After several appearances in the U-21 national team, he was called up for the first time in the elite for the Swiss national football team in May 2011 and made his debut against England on June 4, 2011. In June 2011, he played at the 2011 U-21 European Championship with Switzerland and reached the 2nd place behind Spain. He was a regular player and his speed brought the opponents into great difficulties again and again.

titles and achievements

As a national player

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Footballer with body and soul: Innocent Emeghara
  2. ↑ A sprint rocket with a nose for goal
  3. ↑ FC Winterthur: media reports & club news for the second half of the season , January 6, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hamburger SV: HSV tests Innocent Emeghara ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), January 12, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ HSV splitter: No contract for Emeghara ( memento from May 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), official website of Hamburger SV, accessed on January 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Quakes sign Innocent Emeghara third designated player , official website of the San Jose Earthquakes (English), accessed on February 1, 2015
  7. ^ Nigerian-Born Striker Innocent Emeghara Anxious To Play For Switzerland
  8. ↑ Use statistics on the website of the Swiss Football Association: A-Team , U-21 , U-20 , U-19 , U-18 , U-17 , U-16 , U-15
personal data
SURNAME Emeghara, Innocent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emeghara, Innocent Nkasiobi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian-Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagos , Nigeria