Personal information | |||
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Full name | Umeh Umeh Emmanuel[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 August 2004||
Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
Right2win Football Academy | |||
–2022 | Vista Gelendzhik | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | Botev Plovdiv II | 3 | (3) |
2022– | Botev Plovdiv | 25 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Nigeria U20 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023 |
Umeh Umeh Emmanuel (born 31 August 2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bulgarian Parva Liga side Botev Plovdiv.
Emmanuel played for the Right2win Football Academy in Nigeria before moving to Russian side Vista Gelendzhik.[2][3]
In 2022, he joined Botev Plovdiv. On 15 October 2022, he made his professional debut in Botev Plovdiv 3–1 victory against Pirin.[4] Emmanuel scored his first professional goal on 4 March 2023 against Cherno More and brought a 2–1 win for his club.[citation needed]
Emmanuel represented Nigeria's under-20 team at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1] He appeared all five matches as Nigeria was knocked-out by South Korea in the quarter-finals. Emmanuel didn't score any goal during the tournament but provided two assists.[5]