Emanuel Emegha

Emanuel Emegha
	Emegha playing for Sturm Graz in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Emanuel Esseh Emegha
Date of birth	3 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	10
Youth career
	KRSV Vredenburch
0000–2020	Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020	Jong Sparta
2020–2022	Sparta Rotterdam
2022	Antwerp
2022–2023	Sturm Graz
2023–	Strasbourg
International career‡
2015	Netherlands U15
2021–2023	Netherlands U19
2023	Netherlands U20
2023–	Netherlands U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Emanuel Esseh Emegha (born 3 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Club career

Emegha started his professional career at Sparta Rotterdam in 2020. In his first season he played 16 matches. In the 2021–22 season, he appeared in every match until January. On 31 January 2022, Emegha signed a five-year contract with Royal Antwerp in Belgium.^[2] In August 2022, after having played only a few minutes for Antwerp, he moved to Sturm Graz in Austria and signed a contract for 4 years there.^[3]

International career

Born in the Netherlands to a Togolese father and Nigerian mother, he is a youth international for the Netherlands.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Other^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong Sparta	2019–20	Tweede Divisie	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
	2020–21	Tweede Divisie	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		5	1	—		—		—		5	1
Sparta Rotterdam	2020–21	Eredivisie	17	1	1	0	—		0	0	18	1
	2021–22	Eredivisie	19	2	2	0	—		0	0	21	2
	Total		36	3	3	0	—		0	0	39	3
Antwerp	2021–22	Belgian Pro League	1	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Sturm Graz	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	27	9	4	0	5^[c]	1	—		36	10
Strasbourg	2023–24	Ligue 1	28	8	3	1	—		—		31	9
	2024–25	Ligue 1	7	3	0	0	—		—		7	3
	Total		35	11	2	0	—		—		38	12
Career total			105	24	10	1	5	1	0	0	120	26

^ Includes KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France
^ Includes Johan Cruyff Shield
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Sturm Graz

Austrian Cup: 2022–23

References

^ "Player profile".
^ "THE GREAT OLD VERSTERKT ZICH MET EMANUEL EMEGHA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Emanuel Emegha unterschreibt in Graz". SK Sturm (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Emanuel Emegha, 17, on top of the world after Sparta Rotterdam start". Score Nigeria. 28 August 2020.
^ "Emanuel Emegha Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

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[6] Includes KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France

[7] Includes Johan Cruyff Shield

[UEL-8] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[1] "Player profile".

[2] "THE GREAT OLD VERSTERKT ZICH MET EMANUEL EMEGHA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[3] "Emanuel Emegha unterschreibt in Graz". SK Sturm (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[4] "Emanuel Emegha, 17, on top of the world after Sparta Rotterdam start". Score Nigeria. 28 August 2020.

[SW-5] "Emanuel Emegha Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

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