Christian Omeruo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Omeruo Christian Obinna | ||
| Date of birth | December 13, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ikwuano, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Karamone | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | COD United F.C. | 24 | (16) |
| 2013–2015 | Sunshine Stars F.C. | 39 | (24) |
| 2015–2018 | Kwara United F.C. | 26 | (13) |
| 2019 | Istiqlol | 21 | (16) |
| 2020– | Kwara United F.C. | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Nigeria U-20 | 12 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2014 | |||
Christian Omeruo (born 13 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who has played for Nigeria Premier League teams and Nigeria U-20.
He is the older brother of professional footballers Kenneth Omeruo and Lucky Omeruo.[1]
Career
[edit]Omeruo is a both footed striker and was discovered by Karamone. He started his professional league football debut with COD United F.C. in 2012/13 season, later signed for Sunshine Stars F.C.[2] and played between 2013 and 2015 Nigeria Premier League season due to his great performances for COD United, He signed a year contract with Kwara United F.C. in the 2015/16 league season. He was invited to the Nigeria U-20 in 2012 and has made 12 caps with 4 goals for the national team in friendly games, championship tournament and qualifier games. He was on the verge of joining some Asian, North Africa and European teams but Sunshine Stars' transfer fee was too high because he was the target striker goalscorer of the team and leading top scorer in the league. He scored braces and lone goal for his teams as one of the brace was against Kano Pillars.
References
[edit]- ^ Babalola, Popoola (24 July 2016). "NNL: Kwara United whip FC Zamfara". The Eagle Online. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ http://www.nigeriafootball.com/playerInfo,331,Christian-Omeruo
External links
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Karamone F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Nigeria
- Sunshine Stars F.C. players
- Kwara United F.C. players
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Abia State
- COD United F.C. players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football forward stubs