Dickson Nwakaeme
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dickson Nwakaeme Kabu | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Daejeon Korail FC | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 |
Halmstad BK | 14 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | KuPS | 27 | (9) |
| 2010 | Aalborg BK | 7 | (1) |
| 2011 | KuPS | 20 | (7) |
| 2012 |
SLNA | 13 | (10) |
| 2013 |
Kelantan | 11 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 |
Pahang FA | 39 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | Angers SCO | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Angers SCO II | 7 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 |
Pahang FA | 20 | (9) |
| 2021– | Daejeon Korail FC | 33 | (12) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 9 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
Dickson Nwakaeme Kabu (born 21 April 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Daejeon Korail FC.
Club career
Halmstad BK
Nwakaeme professional debut is for Swedish first division
Halmstad BK from 2008 to 2009. The "journeyman" forward played a huge role in destroying the defence and later on offered to a move to KuPS
the end of the 2008/2009 season.
KuPS
Nwakaeme played for the
Magnum Areena. After KuPS Kuopio's defeat of FC Inter Turku, FC Inter manager Job Dragtsma claimed that Nwakaeme was the best striker he had ever seen in the Veikkausliiga.[1]
Aalborg BK
Nwakaeme was loaned from Oulun Pallo to Aalborg BK from 1 September 2010 to 31 December 2010. He played seven matches and scored one goal.
SLNA
In April 2012, Nwakaeme signed a five-month contract with
SLNA. He scored on his debut for SLNA, coming off the bench in the second half to score a 93rd-minute equalizer against Sai Gon Xuan Thanh in the 14th round of matches in the Super League. The game ended 2–2 and preserved SLNA's unbeaten start to the league.[2] Nwakaeme refused to extend his contract with SLNA.[3]
Kelantan
In February 2013, Nwakaeme went on a trial with
Pahang
In December 2013, Nwakaeme signed for
Pahang, winning 5–3 on penalties after a draw in extra time.[8]
Angers SCO
In 2016, he signed for
AS Monaco in the league.[10] Nwakaeme scored his first goal for Angers in a Coupe de France match against US Granville in January 2017, scoring the winner in a 2–1 result.[11]
Nwakaeme was released by Angers in June 2017 after only one season.[12]
Return to Pahang
In January 2019, Nwakaeme rejoined
Kuala Lumpur FA.[14]
Honours
Kelantan
- Winners (1): 2013
- Runner-up (1): 2013
Pahang
- Winners (1): 2014
- Winners (1): 2014
- Malaysia Charity Shield
- Runner-up (1): 2015
- Runner-up (1):
Personal life
Dickson Nwakaeme is the older brother of Anthony Nwakaeme.[15][16]
References
- ^ "(Finnish) Nwakaeme Kupittaan kuningas". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Dickson Nwakaeme Scores On Debut For V-League Champions". AllnigeriaSoccer. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Dickson Nwakaeme Heading To Malaysia". AllnigeriaSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Dickson Nwakaeme to debut for Kelantan". Goal. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Nwakaeme's lone goal leads Kelantan to AFC Cup win over SHB Đà Nẵng". BoxscoreNews. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Dickson Nwakaeme joined Pahang". says.com. 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Man of the match: Pahang 2-1 Felda United". goal.com. 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Pahang muncul juara Piala Malaysia 2014". astro awani. 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Angers sign Nigeria striker Dickson Nwakaeme". Goal.com. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Monaco control Angers to go top". Ligue1.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Ligue1.com - Five-star Lyon too strong for Montpellier". www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Mercato 2018 : tous les transferts à retenir en Ligue 1". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Sharma, Sarthak (18 January 2019). "OFFICIAL: Pahang FA bring back star forward Dickson Nwakaeme". FOX Sports Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Azharie, Farah (2 February 2019). "Man of Steel makes Super return". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "De la fraţii Costea, la fraţii Nwakaeme. "U" vrea să-l transfere pe fratele nigerianului Tony" [From the Costea brothers to the Nwakaeme brothers. "U" wants to transfer the brother of Nigerian Tony] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Dinastia Nwakaeme: fratele lui Tony ar putea ajunge la "U"" [Nwakaeme Dynasty: Tony's brother could come at "U"] (in Romanian). Zcj.ro. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
External links
- Dickson Nwakaeme at Soccerway