Saturday Keigo Erimuya (born 10 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Cádiz CF.[1]
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Full name | Saturday Keigo Erimuya | |||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 24) | |||||||||
Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | |||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Cádiz | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
2010–2016 | BJ Foundation | |||||||||
2016–2018 | Cádiz | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2016 | BJ Foundation | |||||||||
2016 | → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||
2017–2021 | Cádiz B | 86 | (10) | |||||||
2019– | Cádiz | 0 | (0) | |||||||
2021–2022 | → Valladolid B (loan) | 29 | (0) | |||||||
National team | ||||||||||
2016 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022 |
Between January 2016 and June 2016, Erimuya spent time on loan at Kayseri Erciyesspor in Turkey from Benin-City based BJ Foundation. He was relegated from the 2015–16 TFF First League with the club.[2]
On 26 December 2016, Erimuya signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Cádiz CF.[3] On 16 September 2019, he extended his contract with the Andalusians until 2023.[4]
On 25 August 2021, Erimuya moved to Real Valladolid on loan for one year, and was assigned to the B-team in Primera División RFEF.[5]
Erimuya was selected by Nigeria for their 18-man Squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament.[6] He played in one game during the tournament, the bronze medal match against Honduras which Nigeria won 3–2. He was a 92nd minute replacement for Mohammed Usman.
Nigeria U23
Cádiz CF – current squad | |
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Nigeria men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists | ||
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