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Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa (born 16 October 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Katsina United F.C.

Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Personal information
Full name	Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa[1]
Date of birth	(1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth	Yenagoa, Nigeria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Heartland FC
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Ocean Boys F.C.	56	(0)
2008–2011	Heartland F.C.	61	(0)
2011–2014	Sharks F.C.	45	(0)
2014–2016	Sunshine Stars F.C.	38	(0)
2016–2017	Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.
2017–2019	Enyimba International F.C.
2019-	Heartland F.C.
2019–	Katsina United F.C.
National team‡
2007	Nigeria U-20	3	(0)
2008	Nigeria U-23	1	(0)
2015–	Nigeria	21	(0)
Honours Representing  Nigeria Men's football Olympics Games 2008 Beijing Team Africa Cup of Nations 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2019

Club career

Ezenwa began his football professional career with Ocean Boys before moved to Heartland FC in July 2008.[2] He moved to Ifeanyi Ubah in 2016.[3] Contract End in 2017. He has then completed a move to Enyimba[4] . Contract End in 2018. He moved on to join Katsina United on January 1, 2019.[5] One of his respected goalkeeper trainer who impacted greatly to his career is former Sunshine Stars Coach, Daramola Nicholas Akinsehinwa between the year 2013 to 2016 during his playing time with Sunshine Stars F.C. and this great development to his potentials made the Nigeria Super Eagles call-up possible by which Ikechukwu Ezenwa was part of the Nigeria squad at the 2014 World Cup.

International career

He was a member of the Nigeria U-23 at the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring in the qualifier games. He got the call up to the Nigeria Super Eagles in 2015 under the authority of Coach Sunday Oliseh. Following the injury of Nigeria's first choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme he was called up to be part of the squad in the World cup and Nations cup qualifications by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and given the number 1 jersey replacing Ikeme as first choice goalkeeper of the Super Eagles.

Ezenwa showed some class of keeping during Nigeria's back to back matches against the ‘indomitable lions’ of Cameroon in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In May 2018, he was named in Nigeria’s preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 June 2019.[7]

Nigeria
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	3	0
2016	3	0
2017	6	0
2018	7	0
2019	2	0
Total	21	0

References

External links

• Ikechukwu EZENWA – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Player Profile

На других языках

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[de] Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa (* 16. Oktober 1988 in Yenagoa) ist ein nigerianischer Fußballtorhüter.

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- [en] Ikechukwu Ezenwa

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[es] Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria, 6 de diciembre de 1988) es un futbolista nigeriano que se desempeña en la posición de arquero. Actualmente juega en el club Katsina United de la Liga Premier de Nigeria, la primera división del fútbol nigeriano.

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[fr] Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Ikechukwu Ezenwa est un footballeur nigérian né le 16 octobre 1988 à Yenagoa. Il évolue au poste de gardien de but.

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[it] Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa (Yenagoa, 16 ottobre 1988) è un calciatore nigeriano, portiere dell'Enyimba e della nazionale nigeriana.

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[ru] Эзенва, Икечукву

Икечукву Винсент Эзенва (англ. Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa; 16 октября 1988, Йенагоа, Нигерия) — нигерийский футболист, вратарь. Играет за сборную Нигерии. Серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 2008 года.

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