Umeh Emmanuel

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Umeh Emmanuel
Personal information
Full name Umeh Umeh Emmanuel[1]
Date of birth (2004-08-31) 31 August 2004 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Zürich
Number 11
Youth career
Right2win Football Academy
–2022 Vista Gelendzhik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Botev Plovdiv II 3 (3)
2022–2024 Botev Plovdiv 40 (8)
2024– FC Zürich 29 (1)
International career‡
2022– Nigeria U20 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2023

Umeh Umeh Emmanuel (born 31 August 2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss side FC Zürich.[2]

Club career

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Emmanuel played for the Right2win Football Academy in Nigeria before moving to Russian side Vista Gelendzhik.[3][4]

In 2022, he joined Botev Plovdiv. On 15 October 2022, he made his professional debut in Botev Plovdiv 3–1 victory against Pirin.[5] Emmanuel scored his first professional goal on 4 March 2023 against Cherno More and brought a 2–1 win for his club.[citation needed]

On the 8th of July, Emmanuel signed a five-year contract with Swiss team FC Zürich.[2]

International career

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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 goals during the tournament but provided two assists.[6]

Personal life

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Emmanuel wears the number-11 shirt because it was the one worn by his favourite player, Didier Drogba.[7]

Honours

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Botev Plovdiv

References

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