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Onyekachi Apam
Personal information
Full name Onyekachi Apam
Date of birth (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2003 Pepsi Football Academy
2004–2005 Enugu Rangers
2005–2006 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Nice 105 (1)
2010–2014 Rennes 23 (0)
2014 Seattle Sounders FC 0 (0)
Total 128 (1)
National team
2005 Nigeria U20 6 (0)
2008 Nigeria U23 5 (0)
2007–2010 Nigeria 14 (0)
Honours
Representing  Nigeria
Men's Football
2008 Beijing Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Onyekachi Apam (born 30 December 1986 in Aba) is a Nigerian former footballer who retired in 2014 after sustaining injuries playing for the Seattle Sounders FC.[1] He represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the men's football team.[2]


Career


In 2005, Apam tried out for OGC Nice, where he eventually signed. He made 105 appearances and even extended his contract to end in 2013 rather than 2012 before transferring to Stade Rennes in 2010.[3][4] Unfortunately, Apam was forced to sit out for the majority of his time as part of Stade Rennes due first to a knee injury and later to an ankle injury.[5][6] He left Rennes in early 2014 after appearing only 23 times in four years and signed with Seattle Sounders FC in September just before the MLS roster freeze.[3][7] He was released without making an appearance on 5 December.[8]


Team Nigeria


During his career, Apam represented Nigeria's national team 14 times, including the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship;[9] the 2008 Africa Cup and the Summer Olympics;[10] and the FIFA World Cup[11] and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2010.[12][3] Nigeria won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics.[13][14]


Personal life


Apam is of Igbo descent.[15]

On 31 December 2007 in Enugu, Apam's car was stolen and he was kidnapped for forty-five minutes before being released.[16][17]

Apam's nephew Lesley Ugochukwu signed with Stade Rennes, where Apam played from 2010 to 2014.[1]


References


  1. Mabuka, Dennis (3 July 2021). "Lesley Ugochukwu: Nigeria target signs contract extension at Rennes". GOAL. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. Azikiwe, Ifeoha. Nigeria Echoes of a Century - Volume Two 1999-2014. p. 357.
  3. "Sounders FC Signs Onyekachi Apam". Sounders FC. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. "Nice's Nigerian Apam Extends Contract". GOAL.com. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. "Apam Eyes EPL switch in summer". DisNaija. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. "Onyekachi Apam". Stade Rennais. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. Mumuni, Moutakilou (6 January 2014). "Nigerian Onyekachi Apam quits Rennes". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  8. "Sounders Terminate Apam's Contract, Two Other Nigerians". 5 December 2014.
  9. "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005". FIFA. 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  10. "Apam robbed at gunpoint". BBC. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  11. "Anichebe and Utaka named to Nigeria squad". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  12. Doyle, Paul (20 January 2010). "Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria v Mozambique – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  13. "Apam wants Siasia as Eagles coach". Vanguard. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  14. "Soccer-World-Penpix of Nigeria squad". Reuters. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  15. Bello, Aderonke (8 November 2015). "The Dominance of the Igbo Tribe in Nigerian Football by Aderonke Bello". LinkedIn. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  16. "5 Super Eagles Players Who Have Been Terrorized By Kidnappers in Nigeria". Naija World. n.d. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  17. Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 November 2015). "Nigeria U-23 coach Samson Siasia's mother released". BBC. Retrieved 21 July 2021.




На других языках


- [en] Onyekachi Apam

[es] Onyekachi Apam

Onyekachi Apam (Aba, Nigeria; 30 de diciembre de 1986) es un exfutbolista nigeriano. Jugaba de defensa y jugó nueve temporadas en Francia, en el Olympique Niza y el Stade Rennes. Su último club fue el Seattle Sounders FC de la MLS en 2014.

[fr] Onyekachi Apam

Onyekachi Apam, né le 30 décembre 1986 à Aba[1], est un footballeur nigérian. Après avoir commencé sa carrière dans son pays natal, il rejoint l'Europe et l'OGC Nice à l'âge de 21 ans. Il s'installe comme titulaire avec son club, ce qui lui permet d'intégrer de façon régulière sa sélection nationale au poste de défenseur. Transféré au Stade rennais en juin 2009, il y est longtemps blessé et n'y joue que très peu durant trois ans et demi. Après de nombreuses blessures il met un terme a sa carrière.

[it] Onyekachi Apam

Onyekachi Apam (Aba, 30 dicembre 1986) è un ex calciatore nigeriano, di ruolo difensore.

[ru] Апам, Оньекачи

Оньекачи Апам (англ. Onyekachi Apam; род. 30 декабря 1986[1], Аба, Абия) — нигерийский футболист, защитник.



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