Ifeanyi Emeghara
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| Full name | Ifeanyi Emeghara | |
| Date of birth | March 24, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Steaua Bucureşti | |
| Number | 13 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-03 2003-04 2004-06 2006-07 2007- |
FC Ebedei FK Teleoptik Beograd Partizan Beograd FCU Politehnica Timişoara Steaua Bucureşti |
- (-) - (-) 36 (0) 42 (0) 12 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007- | Nigeria | 2 (0) |
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Ifeanyi Emeghara (born March 24, 1984 in Lagos) is a Nigerian football player. "Ifeanyi" is a nickname for the Igbo name "Ifeanyichukwu" (meaning "Nothing is impossible with God").[1] The young and versatile defender can be seen on both sides of the pitch and is often remarked due to his good technique. Since June 2007 he is under contract with Steaua Bucureşti.
Amongst his childhood friends and teammates are the likes of Obafemi Martins and Stephen Makinwa.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] FK Partizan Beograd
He played for FK Partizan Beograd in the Serbian Superliga for 2 years gaining 36 appearances.
[edit] FCU Politehnica Timişoara
Emeghara signed for $650.000 with FCU Politehnica Timisoara in 2006 a contract for 4 years. He was under the observation of many important clubs, such as AJ Auxerre and CSKA Moscow, but he eventually chose FCU Politehnica Timisoara.
In January 2007 he suffered a surgery on his left forearm, after he broke his arm while he was in Nigeria on holiday. The operation was a success he went back to training in the next 3 weeks.
Marian Iancu, FCU Politehnica Timisoara's owner, declared that Steaua Bucuresti, Dinamo Bucuresti and Rapid Bucuresti have shown interest in Ifeanyi Emeghara.
He had a salary of 135.000 euros per year.
He was the second most used player in the 2006-2007 season in Liga I playing 42 matches and a total of 2.491 minutes, after Jonathan McKain with 2.610 minutes.
[edit] Steaua Bucuresti
On 25 July 2007 Emeghara signed with Steaua Bucuresti for 4 years. The transfer fee was of €1.2 million and he was given a salary of €150.000 per season plus bonuses if Steaua will qualify in the Uefa Champions League group stage.
While at Steaua, Emeghara had some cardiac problems. Steaua's medical staff discovered a heart problem and the player had stop all physical efforts.
Gigi Becali, Steaua's owner, said that if Emeghara will end his football career because of this medical issue he will get from FCU Politehnica Timişoara €600.000, half of the transfer fee. Marian Iancu said that he didn't show any medical problems while he was playing for FCU Politehnica Timişoara. The medical staff announced that Emeghara has a larger heart than an average human, but it is said that most African football players have larger hearts and that Ifeanyi will still be playing football at the highest level.
Emeghara debuted for Steaua Bucuresti against Rapid Bucuresti, match ended undecided 0-0. He previously played for Steaua in a friendly against R. Charleroi S.C. which also ended with a draw (1-1).
[edit] Transfer Offers
(It should be noted that no verifiable source has been provided for much of the information in this section).
After his match against Seville on 7 November 2007, the Spanish team has shown interest in Emeghara. He was one of the best players from Steaua in both home and away games against Seville. Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, Seville's scouter, will be further monitoring Emeghara.
The manager of Olympique Lyonnais, Alain Perrin, said that the team need's another left-back since he's not pleased by Fabio Grosso's performances. Aurel Damian, Emeghara's manager said that he won't present any offers to Gigi Becali until the winter transfer market.
At the end of 2007, Emeghara had 15 official games for Steaua. According to this statistic made by Steaua suporters he was one of the best players of the season, with an average of 7.89/10.
[edit] International career
Emeghara was called up to the Nigerian national football team before the 2006 African Cup of Nations as a prospective player for the famed tournament, but decided not to take part in these preparations, as he had just signed for Poli and didn't want to miss the pre-season training with this new team.
In August 2006 Victor Piturca wanted Emeghara to play for the Romanian national football team as a left-back. He refused the offer because he wanted to play for the Nigerian national football team.
He was called again in November 2007 to the Nigerian national football team by manager Berti Vogts. He will be replacing Taye Taiwo from Olympic Marseille who due to his average performance didn't take part of the manager's plans against Australia and Switzerland.
He made his international debut on 17 November 2007 for Nigeria in the loss against Australia with 0-1.
He is a member of Nigeria's 23-man squad to the 2008 African Cup of Nations.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Ifeanyi Emeghara's career - RomanianSoccer.ro (English)
- Ifeanyi Emeghara's profile - UEFA.com (English)
- Ifeanyi Emeghara's Steaua career (Romanian)
- FC Steaua Bucuresti Oficial Site
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