David Ankeye
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Akpan Ankeye | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Virtus Entella (on loan from Genoa) | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Sidos FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Sidos FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Hammarby (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Hammarby TFF (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Jimmy Football Academy | ||
| 2022–2023 | Hammam Sousse | 15 | (6) |
| 2023 | → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2024 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | Genoa | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Rapid București (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Virtus Entella (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025 | |||
David Akpan Ankeye (born 22 May 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Virtus Entella on loan from Serie A club Genoa.
Early life
[edit | edit source]As a youth player, Ankeye joined the youth academy of Nigerian side Sidos FC.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]On 6 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol of the Moldovan Super Liga announced the signing of Ankeye from ES Hammam Sousse, where he'd spent the previous eight months, scoring five times in eight matches.[2]
On 31 January 2024, Ankeye left Sheriff Tiraspol to sign for Genoa.[3][4]
On 20 January 2025, Ankeye signed with Rapid București on loan until summer from Genoa.[5] On 31 August 2025, he was loaned by Virtus Entella in Serie B.[6]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Ankeye mainly operates as a striker and is right-footed.[7]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Ankeye is a native of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[8]
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- 2002 births
- Footballers from Port Harcourt
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Hammarby Talang FF players
- ES Hammam Sousse players
- FC Sheriff Tiraspol players
- Genoa CFC players
- FC Rapid București players
- Virtus Entella players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Serie A players
- Liga I players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen