Robert Akaruye

Robert Akaruye

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-03-28) 28 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Warri, Nigeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attack
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Julius Berger F.C.
1997	Lobi Bank
1998	Eagle Cement
1999–2000	Lobi Stars F.C.
2001–2004	Al Ahly
2004–2005	Mokawloon al-Arab
2005–2006	Dhafra
2006	Ismaily
2006	Busaiteen Club
2007	Sivasspor
2008	Busaiteen
2009	Al-Ahed
International career^‡
2004–2006	Nigeria[1]	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2002

Robert Akaruye (born 28 March 1981) is a Nigerian former football player. He previously played for Sivasspor in Turkey and represented Nigeria on one occasion.

Career

The Al Ahed striker suffered on Monday 14 December 2009 in a serious car accident on the road to the Beirut airport.^[2]

International career

He played his one and only cap for the Nigeria national football team on 20 June 2004 in Luanda against Angola.^[3]

Honour and titles

Individual

• 2009 AFC Cup top scorer.^[4]

References

1. Robert Akaruye at National-Football-Teams.com
2. "Lebanese-goal.com". lebanese-goal.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. Akaruye/index.html Robert Akaruye – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. "2009 AFC Cup Honours List". the-afc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.