Uba Charles Nwokoma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Uba Charles Nwokoma | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 2002 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lillestrøm | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Idol Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Linköping City | 21 | (0) |
| 2022 | Ljungskile | 27 | (2) |
| 2023– | Lillestrøm | 18 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2024 | |||
Uba Charles Nwokoma (born 10 October 2002) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lillestrøm in the Norwegian Eliteserien.
Ahead of the 2021 season in Sweden, Uba Charles Nwokoma went from the Nigerian Idol Football Academy to Swedish team FC Linköping City, where he played 21 matches in the 2021 Ettan.[1]
He joined Ljungskile SK in the 2022 Ettan, and already after a few months he reportedly attracted attention from Swedish top-flight clubs GIF Sundsvall, IFK Göteborg and BK Häcken. However, a Norwegian club won the race to sign Nwokoma. He would join Lillestrøm SK after the 2022 season was over.[2][3] Lillestrøm had a history of having Nigerian players, of whom Nwokoma was compared to Mathew Ifeanyi.[4][5]
He made his Lillestrøm debut in March 2023, in the postponed 2022 Norwegian cup match against Sogndal, and was an unused substitute in the 2022 Norwegian Football Cup final. He made his Eliteserien debut in April 2023 against Viking.[6][7] Not entirely satisfied with the chances given to him in his first season, which impacted him mentally, Nwokoma vowed to be a stronger player in 2024.[8] He missed several games from May to July as he was under scrutiny for a possible heart problem; also he lost his father in the same period.[9]
Career statistics
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[edit]- As of matches played on 29 September 2024.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Linköping City | 2021 | Ettan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ljungskile | 2022 | Ettan | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Lillestrøm | 2023 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 2 | ||
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Uba Charles Nwokoma". Fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "IFK Göteborg och Häcken intresserade av Ljungskiles succéspelare". Bohusläningen (in Swedish). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Avdic, Anel (29 July 2022). "Snuvar allsvenska klubbar på talangen". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Svesengen, Morten (27 January 2023). "Klar for årets første kamp: – Han har litt av Mathew i seg". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Uba Charles om övergången till Lilleström". Bohusläningen (in Swedish). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b Uba Charles Nwokoma at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Uba Charles Nwokoma at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Svesengen, Morten (7 February 2024). "Jeg var litt stresset og slet mentalt, men nå er Uba tilbake". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Bjelland, Vegard (16 July 2024). "Fikk sjokkbeskjed: – Jeg var veldig deprimert" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Linköping City players
- Ljungskile SK players
- Lillestrøm SK players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Eliteserien players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen