Ikechukwu Ezenwa Explained

Ikechukwu Ezenwa
Fullname:Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa[1]
Birth Date:1988 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Yenagoa, Nigeria
Height:1.81 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2006–2008
Clubs1:Ocean Boys F.C.
Caps1:56
Goals1:0
Years2:2008–2011
Clubs2:Heartland F.C.
Caps2:61
Goals2:0
Years3:2011–2014
Clubs3:Sharks F.C.
Caps3:45
Goals3:0
Years4:2014–2016
Clubs4:Sunshine Stars F.C.
Caps4:38
Goals4:0
Years5:2016–2017
Clubs5:Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.
Caps5:28
Goals5:0
Years6:2017–2019
Clubs6:Enyimba International F.C.
Caps6:4
Goals6:2
Clubs7:Heartland F.C.
Years7:2019
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Clubs8:Katsina United F.C.
Years8:2019–2023
Caps8:11
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2007
Nationalteam1:Nigeria U-20
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2008
Nationalteam2:Nigeria U-23
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2015–2019
Nationalteam3:Nigeria
Nationalcaps3:21
Nationalgoals3:0
Pcupdate:22 November 2015
Ntupdate:30 June 2019

Ikechukwu Vincent Ezenwa (born 16 October 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Ezenwa began his football professional career with Ocean Boys before moved to Heartland FC in July 2008.[2] He moved to Ifeanyi Ubah FC in 2016.[3] Contract End in 2017. He has then completed a move to Enyimba[4] . Contract End in 2018. He moved on to join Katsina United on 1 January 2019.[5] One of his respected goalkeeper trainer who impacted greatly to his career is former Sunshine Stars Coach, Daramola Nicholas Akinsehinwa between the year 2013 to 2016 during his playing time with Sunshine Stars F.C. and this great development to his potentials made the Nigeria Super Eagles call-up possible by which Ikechukwu Ezenwa was part of the Nigeria squad at the 2014 World Cup.

International career

He was a member of the Nigeria U-23 at the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring in the qualifier games.He got the call up to the Nigeria Super Eagles in 2015 under the authority of Coach Sunday Oliseh. Following the injury of Nigeria's first choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme he was called up to be part of the squad in the World cup and Nations cup qualifications by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and given the number 1 jersey replacing Ikeme as first choice goalkeeper of the Super Eagles.

Ezenwa showed some class of keeping during Nigeria's back to back matches against the ‘indomitable lions’ of Cameroon in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In May 2018, he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 June 2019.

Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201530
201630
201760
201870
201920
Total210

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 4 June 2018 . 4 June 2018 . 6 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206135930/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/fwc/2018/pdf/fwc_2018_squadlists.pdf . dead .
  2. http://www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/17182/50/
  3. Web site: Ezenwa gets pay rise at IfeanyiUbah - Nigeria Premier League 2016 - Ifeanyi Ubah FC. African Football. 14 May 2018.
  4. News: Ikechukwu Ezenwa thrilled with Enyimba move Goal.com. 7 June 2018. en.
  5. Web site: Super Eagles goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa joins Katsina United from Enyimba. 2018-12-21. www.pulse.ng. en-US. 2019-03-27.
  6. Web site: Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists. goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. 20 April 2020.