Henry Onyekuru
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Personal information
Full name
Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru
Date of birth
5 June 1997
Place of birth
Onitsha, Nigeria
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position
Forward
Club information
Current team
Everton
Number
21
NIGERIA
EVERTON FC Season 2017
ARTICLE
Youth career
Aspire Academy
2010-2015
Senior career
Eupen
2015-
57x apps / 28x goals
National team
Nigeria
2017-
1x apps / 0x goal
(Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017 - National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2017)
Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Everton but is on loan at anderlecht due to the fact that theresa may wont give him a work permit.
Club career
Onyekuru began his football career with the Aspire Academy in 2010, and graduated in 2015 joining their partner club, K.A.S. Eupen.
Onyekuru made his debut for Eupen on 5 September 2015 in a 2:2 tie against K.F.C. Dessel Sport in the Belgian Second Division.
Onyekuru helped the team get promoted to the Belgian First Division A in his debut season, and made his professional debut in a 3:0 loss on 30 July 2016 against S.V. Zulte Waregem.
After a successful season in the Belgium first division, Onyekuru finished as one of the top scorers in the league, catching the attention of various larger teams in Europe.
He finished the 2016-17 season as joint top-scorer with 22 goals, but the trophy was handed to Łukasz Teodorczyk as he scored more away goals than Onyekuru.
International Career
He was called up for the Super Eagles camp in May of 2017.
Onyekuru made his senior debut for Nigeria in a 3:0 friendly win over Togo on 1 June 2017.
Nosa Igiebor is one of the seven players to be dropped from Nigeria's final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The Real Betis midfielder and Parma's Joel Obi, who both faced Scotland in last week's 2:2 draw, have been plagued by injury this season. The other players to miss out are goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, midfielders Ejike Uzoenyi and Nnamdi Oduamadi.
Substitute Uche Nwofor's late strike denied Scotland victory against Nigeria at Craven Cottage.
Okocha was born in Enugu, Enugu State. He began playing football on the street just like many other football stars, usually with a makeshift ball.
African teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Nigerian keeper Vincent Enyeama thrilled by award - He said: "It's amazing, a great honour and I deeply appreciate it. I must first give glory to God, my team-mates, family and our beautiful fans for their remarkable support. "It's a reward for team effort and having great people in front of me. Together we've endured a tough but interesting season."
The Villarreal striker was not picked by Keshi, despite scoring 12 goals in the Spanish top flight this season. Uche has not played for his country since they won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa last year. The 30-year-old insists, however, that he holds no grudges against Keshi. "Of course as a professional footballer you'd love to represent your country, but I have never had bad words towards the national coach," Uche is widely regarded as one of Nigeria's most reliable strikers at international level and is one of his nation's all-time top scorers, with 18 goals in 45 appearances, behind Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami and Yakubu Aiyegbeni.
Stoke striker Peter Odemwingie and Newcastle forward Shola Ameobi are in Nigeria's provisional 30-man World Cup squad for Brazil 2014.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
African Players on the FIFA 100 list:
• Abédi Pelé (Ghana)
• El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
• George Weah (Liberia)
• Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
• Roger Milla (Cameroon)
Dynamo Kiev midfielder Lukman Haruna hopes he can still make Nigeria's World Cup squad. The 23-year old has not played for the Super Eagles since the last World Cup in South Africa.
