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Michael Eneramo 
Personal information Date of birth 26 November 1985 Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Sivasspor Number 14 Youth career –2004 Lobi Stars Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2010 Espérance Tunis ?? (50) 2004–2006 → USM Alger (loan) 24 (13) 2007 → Al-Shabab (KSA) (loan) ? (1) 2011- Sivasspor 23 (6) National team‡ 2009– Nigeria[1] 10 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2010Michael Eneramo (born 26 November 1985 in Kaduna) is a Nigerian football striker who plays for Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[2]
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Club career
Eneramo began his career with Lobi Stars and was in 2004 scouted by Tunisian top club Espérance Sportive de Tunis, he was than loaned to USM Alger from 2004 through 2006, where he scored 13 goals in the Algerian Championnat National.[3] Eneramo won the Double in 2007 with Espérance Sportive de Tunis and joined on loan to Al-Shabab (RSA) in July 2007 before turned back in December the same year. On 19 January 2011, Eneramo joined Turkish side Sivasspor on a one-and-a-half-year deal.
On 10/17/2010 Michael Eneramo became infamous during the 2nd leg Semi-final between Al Ahly (egy) and Esperance Sportive (tun), when he launched himself towards a ball that was coming from a corner kick and quickly stuck his arm out to hit the ball immaculately with his forearm into the goal. The goal which the Esperance Sportive fans did not believe in the first 30 seconds was counted as a goal in one of the worst referee decisions that had happened on the African Continent
International
He considered accepting Tunisian citizenship in order to become eligible to play for the Tunisia national football team.[4] Eneramo was called up for the Super Eagles in 2009[5] and played his first game on 11 February 2009.[6] In his second game, he scored the opening goal against the Republic of Ireland.
References
- ^ Profile on national-football-teams.com
- ^ "Profile: Michael Eneramo". goal.com. 2011-01-22. http://www.goal.com/en/people/nigeria/30759/eneramo-michael/profile. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "D1 : Bientôt deux renforts pour l'ESS". DZ Foot. http://www.dzfoot.com/news.php?hot_id=2017. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ "Tunisia Target Striker Eneramo". Kickoff. 2008-11-03. http://allafrica.com/stories/200811030549.html. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
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Sivasspor – current squad 2 Boz · 3 Erdal · 6 Nas · 7 Zengin · 8 Bekmezci · 9 Sandro · 10 Grosicki · 11 Kılıç · 13 Rasmussen · 14 Eneramo · 15 Başel · 16 Černý · 17 Özkara · 18 Cihan · 19 Faty · 21 Navratil · 22 Akça · 25 Diallo · 26 Borjan · 30 Pedriel · 58 Yerlikaya · 66 Karakaş · 67 Kavuk · 76 Atam · 89 Şahin · 90 Konuk · 91 Erkiş · 98 Rada · Head Coach: Çalımbay
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Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Espérance Sportive de Tunis players
- USM Alger players
- Sivasspor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriates in Tunisia
- Nigerian expatriates in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Algeria
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Lobi Stars players
- Nigerian football biography stubs
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