Franklin Tebo Uchenna | |
Full Name: | Franklin Degaulle Tebo Uchenna |
Birth Date: | 2000 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Abuja, Nigeria |
Height: | 1.92m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Currentclub: | Sarpsborg 08 |
Clubnumber: | 30 |
Youthclubs1: | FC Digital Foot |
Youthclubs2: | Waco Academy |
Youthyears3: | 2018–2019 |
Youthclubs3: | Abuja |
Years1: | 2019–2021 |
Caps1: | 37 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2021 |
Clubs2: | → Häcken (loan) |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs3: | Häcken |
Caps3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2023– |
Caps4: | 11 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Nigeria |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 8 April 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 11 July 2022 |
Franklin Degaulle Tebo Uchenna (born 15 January 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sarpsborg 08.
Tebo Uchenna is a product of the youth academies of FC Digital Foot, Waco Academy and Abuja before beginning his senior career with Nasarawa United in 2019.[1] On 7 August 2021, he transferred to the Swedish club Häcken.[2] He made his professional debut with Häcken in a 1–1 Allsvenskan tie with Hammarby on 26 September 2021.[3] Originally signed on loan, Häcken activated the buyout clause in the winter of 2022.[4]
On 31 August 2023, Tebo Uchenna moved to Norway to play for Sarpsborg 08 in Eliteserien. He made a four-year contract.[5]
Tebo Uchenna represented the Nigeria national team in a friendly 4–0 loss to Mexico on 4 July 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute.[6]