Joshua Oghene-Ochuko Akpudje (born 23 July 1998) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays for FK Jablonec as a center back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FK Jablonec | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Femmak Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | MFM | 17 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | BFC Daugavpils | 44 | (0) |
| 2022 | → FK Panevėžys (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2022– | FK Jablonec | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:58, 8 April 2020 (UTC) | |||
Born in Lagos, Joshua Akpudje started his football career with Femmak Football Academy straight out of high school before joining Nigerian Professional Football League side MFM ahead of the abridged season in 2019.
On 3 March 2020, Akpudje completed a transfer to Latvian club BFC Daugavpils[2]
After playing for two seasons in Latvia, Joshua moved to Lithuanian side, FK Panevėžys[3][4] in February 2022.
He made his international debut for Nigeria U23 side in March 2019 against Libya [5] in an Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification game.
FK Jablonec – current squad | |
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