| Kingsley Michael | |
| Fullname: | Kingsley Dogo Michael[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Owerri, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | DSV Leoben |
| Clubnumber: | 14 |
| Youthyears1: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Abuja |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bologna |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Bologna |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Perugia (loan) |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Cremonese (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Reggina (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | → SV Ried (loan) |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | DSV Leoben |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Nigeria U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam2: | Nigeria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 26 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 7 September 2021 |
Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team[2]
He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017[3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.[4]
On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan.[5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco.[6]
He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.
On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020.[7]
On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8]
On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria.[9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early.[10]
He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship,[11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil,[12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.
He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Perugia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Cremonese (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Reggina (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| SV Ried (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| DSV Leoben | 2023–24 | Austrian 2. Liga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 70 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 1 | |||||