Uche Henry Agbo (born 4 December 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Slovan Bratislava of the Fortuna Liga.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Uche Henry Agbo | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder / Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bai Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Taraba | ? | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | JUTH | ? | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Enyimba | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Granada B (loan) | 57 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Granada (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Granada (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Standard Liège | 45 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Braga (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | 18 | (0) |
| 2021– | Slovan Bratislava | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:47, 9 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14 21 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
Born in Kano, Uche started playing for local lowly Bai Boys, and moved to Taraba in 2010.[2] In May 2011 he signed for JUTH,[3] and appeared regularly for the side, scoring once.
In January 2012 Uche joined Enyimba International along with teammate James Amankwei.[4] He made his debut for the club on 28 April 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win against Dolphins.[5]
In October 2013, Uche went on a trial at Udinese,[6] signing a four-year deal in the following month.[7] In March 2014 he moved to Granada CF, linking up with the Andalusians also until 2018 and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[8]
On 23 February 2015, Uche made his first team – and La Liga – debut, replacing Javi Márquez in the dying minutes of a 2–1 away loss against Levante UD.[9] On 25 July of the following year, he signed a five-year contract with Premier League club Watford, being immediately loaned back to Granada for one year.[10]
On 11 July 2017, Uche joined Belgian club Standard de Liège.[11] On 31 January 2019, he returned to Spain and its first division after agreeing to a six-month loan at Rayo Vallecano, with an option to buy.[12] In doing so, he said that he had turned down a big-money move to China, as his career development was more important.[13]
On 21 January 2020, after a six-month loan spell at S.C. Braga, Uche agreed to a deal with Deportivo de La Coruña, still owned by Standard.[14]
On 1 September 2021, following mass exodus from La Coruña, Agbo was announced as a signing of reigning Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava on a three-year contract. His performance against Slovan from the Europa League was recalled in his introduction.[15]
Uche got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side to replace the injured Leon Balogun for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016.[16] On 1 June 2017, he made his international debut for Nigeria in a 3–0 win against Togo in a friendly replacing Wilfred Ndidi.[17][18]
Uche was included in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[19] but he did not make the final 23-man squad.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Granada B (loan) | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | ||
| Granada (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Standard Liège | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Braga (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 5 | ||
Slovan Bratislava
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