Umeh Emmanuel

Nigerian footballer (born 2004)

Umeh Emmanuel
Personal information
Full name	Umeh Umeh Emmanuel^[1]
Date of birth	(2004-08-31) 31 August 2004 (age 19)^[1]
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	FC Zürich
Youth career
	Right2win Football Academy
0000–2022	Vista Gelendzhik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022	Botev Plovdiv II	3	(3)
2022–2024	Botev Plovdiv	40	(8)
2024-	FC Zürich	0	(0)
International career^‡
2022–	Nigeria U20	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023

Umeh Umeh Emmanuel (born 31 August 2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Side FC Zürich^[2].

Club career

Emmanuel played for the Right2win Football Academy in Nigeria before moving to Russian side Vista Gelendzhik.^[3]^[4]

In 2022, he joined Botev Plovdiv. On 15 October 2022, he made his professional debut in Botev Plovdiv 3–1 victory against Pirin.^[5] Emmanuel scored his first professional goal on 4 March 2023 against Cherno More and brought a 2–1 win for his club.^{[citation needed]}

On the 8th of July, Emmanuel signed a five-year contract with Swiss team FC Zürich^[6].

International career

Emmanuel represented Nigeria's under-20 team at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[1] He appeared all five matches as Nigeria was knocked-out by South Korea in the quarter-finals. Emmanuel didn't score any goal during the tournament but provided two assists.^[7]

Honours

Botev Plovdiv

Bulgarian Cup: 2023–24^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Nigeria (NGA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^ "News". FC Zürich (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
^ "Qui est Emmanuel Umeh, la jeune pépite qui pourrait bientôt faire vibrer Sclessin ?". Walfoot.be (in French). 5 July 2023.
^ "Emmanuel Umeh est ciblé par Bordeaux et 2 clubs belges" (in French). Africa Foot. 25 June 2023.
^ "Botev Plovdiv vs. Pirin Blagoevgrad 3 - 1". soccerway. 15 October 2022.
^ "News". FC Zürich (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
^ "Bulgarian club want 3 Million Euros for Flying Eagles striker". Score Nigeria. 24 June 2023.
^ "Купа на България 2023/24 - статистика Пети кръг (Финал)" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.