Kingsley Onuegbu

Kingsley Onuegbu

Onuegbu with MSV Duisburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Nanjing City
Youth career
2005–2007	SC Idar-Oberstein
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	SC Idar-Oberstein	26	(12)
2008–2010	Eintracht Braunschweig	61	(17)
2010–2013	Greuther Fürth	21	(6)
2011–2013	→ Greuther Fürth II	18	(5)
2012	→ SV Sandhausen (loan)	13	(1)
2013–2018	MSV Duisburg	163	(45)
2018–2020	Nea Salamis Famagusta	55	(25)
2020–2022	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics	35	(20)
2020	→ Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan)	7	(4)
2022–2023	Qingdao Hainiu	32	(27)
2023	Dongguan United	28	(10)
2024–	Nanjing City	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Kingsley Onuegbu (born 5 March 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for China League One club Nanjing City.^[1][2][3]

Career

Onuegbu played street football in Nigeria,^[4] before his football career began in Germany in the summer of 2005 with SC Idar-Oberstein. In his first professional season for Idar-Oberstein in 2007–08, Onuegbu scored twelve goals in 26 games. In the summer of 2008 he joined Eintracht Braunschweig. On 11 May 2010, he left Braunschweig to sign with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2013. On 9 May 2018, it was announced that he will leave Duisburg at the end of the 2017–18 season.^[5]

For the 2018–19 season, he joined Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta.^[6]

On 30 August 2020, Onuegbu signed with Chinese club Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics.^[7] On 23 October 2020, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on loan.^[8]

On 3 May 2022, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Qingdao Hainiu.^[9]

In April 2023, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Dongguan United.

On 7 February 2024, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Nanjing City.^[10]

Personal life

He was born as Kingsley Ugochuwu and moved with twenty years from Lagos, Nigeria to his father to Paris, France.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Kingsley Onuegbu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. "Onuegbu, Kingsley" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
3. "Kingsley Onuegbu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
4. "Kingsley Onuegbu hat die Kritiker schnell widerlegt". newsclick.de (in German). 4 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
5. "Sieben Abschiede am Sonntag: Danke für eue Zeit in Zebrastreifen!". msv-duisburg.de. 9 May 2018.
6. "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με τον Νιγηριανό επιθετικό Kingsley Onuegbu". neasalamina.com. 9 July 2018.
7. "官方：尼日利亚球员奥努埃布加盟陕西长安竞技". zhibo8.cc. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
8. "《官宣丨奥努埃布正式加盟新疆天山雪豹》" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
9. "2022赛季青岛海牛职业队大名单及队员所属号码于..." (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
10. "官方：奥格布、奥努埃布、莫雷斯切加盟南京城市" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

External links

• Kingsley Onuegbu at Soccerway