Cornelius Udebuluzor
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor | ||
Date of birth | 27 August 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996 | Jasper United | ||
1996–1997 | Górnik Zabrze | 17 | (4) |
1997–2000 | Ionikos | 20 | (4) |
2000 | Proodeftiki | 2 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Sun Hei | (12) | |
2001–2002 | Rangers | (12) | |
2002–2003 | Sun Hei | (16) | |
2003–2004 | Rangers | ||
2004–2005 | Sun Hei | (5) | |
2005–2007 | Rangers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor (Chinese: 哥連斯; born 27 August 1974) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
[edit]Udebuluzor started his career at Jasper United, before joining Polish club Górnik Zabrze in 1996. He represented Hong Kong League XI in various friendly matches, including the Lunar New Year Cup. In 2001, he helped Hong Kong XI beating Paraguay at the Lunar New Year Cup. The following year, he again represented Hong Kong XI in the Lunar New Year Cup and then a pre-World Cup 2002 tournament held in Hong Kong against Scotland. In 2002–2003, he also won Hong Kong FA Cup with Sun Hei, as well as the League Cup final. In the league they finished runners-up, one point behind the champions. Was the second best league scorer with 16 goals in 2002–2003.
Personal life
[edit]Udebuluzor's son Michael (born 1 April 2004) currently plays for VfR Mannheim, and has represented Hong Kong at international level.[1]
Honours
[edit]Sun Hei[2]
- Hong Kong First Division League: 2004–05
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05
Individual
- Hong Kong First Division League top scorer: 2001–02[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bundesliga beckons Hong Kong teen Michael Udebulozor after move". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Cornelius Udebuluzor". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Jasper United F.C. players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Ionikos F.C. players
- Proodeftiki F.C. players
- Sun Hei SC players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Super League Greece players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong League XI representative players