- Ifeanyi Emeghara
Football player infobox
playername = Ifeanyi Emeghara
fullname = Ifeanyi Emeghara
nickname = Eme
height = height|m=1.73
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|03|24
cityofbirth =Lagos
countryofbirth =Nigeria
currentclub =Steaua Bucureşti
clubnumber = 13
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2002-03
2003-04
2004-06
2006-07
2007-
clubs =FC Ebedei
FK Teleoptik Beograd
Partizan BeogradFCU Politehnica Timişoara Steaua Bucureşti
caps(goals) =
036 00(0)
042 00(0)
012 00(0)
nationalyears = 2007-
nationalteam = Nigeria
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 00(0)
pcupdate =30 July ,2008
ntupdate =17 November ,2007 Ifeanyi Emeghara (born
March 24 ,1984 inLagos ) is aNigeria n football player. "Ifeanyi" is a nickname for the Igbo name "Ifeanyichukwu" (meaning "Nothing is impossible with God"). [ [http://www.nigerian.name/w/index.php?title=Ifeanyi Meaning of Ifeanyi in Nigerian.name] ] The young and versatile defender can be seen on both sides of the pitch and is often remarked due to his good technique. Since June 2007 he is under contract withSteaua Bucureşti .Amongst his childhood friends and teammates are the likes of
Obafemi Martins andStephen Makinwa .Club career
FK Partizan Beograd
*He played for
FK Partizan Beograd in theSerbian Superliga for 2 years gaining 36 appearances.FCU Politehnica Timişoara
*Emeghara signed for $650.000 with
FCU Politehnica Timisoara in 2006 a contract for 4 years. He was under the observation of many important clubs, such asAJ Auxerre and CSKA Moscow, but he eventually choseFCU Politehnica Timisoara .*In January 2007 he suffered a surgery on his left forearm, after he broke his arm while he was in
Nigeria on holiday. The operation was a success he went back to training in the next 3 weeks.*
Marian Iancu ,FCU Politehnica Timisoara 's owner, declared that Steaua Bucureşti,Dinamo Bucuresti andRapid Bucuresti have shown interest in Ifeanyi Emeghara.*He had a salary of 135.000 euros per year.
*He was the second most used player in the 2006-2007 season in Liga I playing 42 matches and a total of 2.491 minutes, after
Jonathan McKain with 2.610 minutes.teaua Bucureşti
*On
25 July 2007 Emeghara signed with Steaua Bucureşti for 4 years. The transfer fee was of €1.2 million and he was given a salary of €150.000 per season plus bonuses if Steaua will qualify in theUefa Champions League group stage.*While at Steaua, Emeghara had some cardiac problems. Steaua's medical staff discovered a heart problem and the player had stop all physical efforts.
*
Gigi Becali , Steaua's owner, said that if Emeghara will end his football career because of this medical issue he will get fromFCU Politehnica Timişoara €600.000, half of the transfer fee.Marian Iancu said that he didn't show any medical problems while he was playing forFCU Politehnica Timişoara .
*The medical staff announced that Emeghara has a larger heart than an average human, but it is said that most African football players have larger hearts and that Ifeanyi will still be playing football at the highest level.*Emeghara debuted for Steaua Bucureşti against
Rapid Bucuresti , match ended undecided 0-0. He previously played for Steaua in a friendly againstR. Charleroi S.C. which also ended with a draw (1-1).Transfer Offers
* After his match against Seville on
7 November ,2007 , the Spanish team has shown interest in Emeghara. He was one of the best players from Steaua in both home and away games against Seville. Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, Seville's scouter, will be further monitoring Emeghara.* The manager of
Olympique Lyonnais ,Alain Perrin , said that the team need's another left-back since he's not pleased byFabio Grosso 's performances. Aurel Damian, Emeghara's manager said that he won't present any offers toGigi Becali until the winter transfer market.* At the end of 2007, Emeghara had 15 official games for Steaua. According to [http://www.fcsteaua.ro/echipa/Emeghara--1182814937.html this statistic made by Steaua supporters] he was one of the best players of the season, with an average of 7.89/10.
International career
*Emeghara was called up to the Nigerian national football team before the 2006
African Cup of Nations as a prospective player for the famed tournament, but decided not to take part in these preparations, as he had just signed for Poli and didn't want to miss the pre-season training with this new team.*In August 2006
Victor Piturca wanted Emeghara to play for theRomanian national football team as aleft-back . He refused the offer because he wanted to play for theNigerian national football team .*He was called again in November 2007 to the
Nigerian national football team by managerBerti Vogts . He will be replacingTaye Taiwo fromOlympic Marseille who due to his average performance didn't take part of the manager's plans against Australia and Switzerland.*He made his international debut on
17 November ,2007 for Nigeria in the loss against Australia with 0-1.*He is a member of Nigeria's 23-man squad to the
2008 African Cup of Nations .Titles
References
External links
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/e/emeghara_ifeanyi.shtml Ifeanyi Emeghara's career - RomanianSoccer.ro (English)]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/players/player=95166/index.html Ifeanyi Emeghara's profile - UEFA.com (English)]
* [http://www.fcsteaua.ro/echipa/Emeghara--1182814937.html Ifeanyi Emeghara's Steaua career (Romanian)]
* [http://www.steauafc.com FC Steaua Bucureşti Oficial Site]
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