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Full name | Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 May 1987||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Otuocha, Aguleri, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Delta Force | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | MP Black Aces | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Cape Town | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 |
Karabükspor | 51 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Fenerbahçe | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Spartak Moscow | 42 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Fenerbahçe | 69 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Al Ain (loan) | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | → West Ham United (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Olympiacos | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Westerlo | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 214 | (82) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Nigeria | 37 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike
Club career
Delta Force F.C.
Emenike started his football career with Delta Force. At the club, he experienced many hardships. He walked on foot to training and back, even though it could take an hour and a half. The Delta State government also refused the club funds, so he wasn't paid regularly.
Mpumalanga Black Aces
Later on his career, he would earn his first salary when he moved to South Africa.
F.C. Cape Town
In May 2008, he joined First Division team F.C. Cape Town.
Karabükspor
In 2009 Emenike signed a one-year loan deal
Emenike won the 1.Lig Best Foreign Player award at the end of the 2009–10 season,[6] and also had his contract extended by three years for 300.000 €.[4]
Emenike scored on his Süper Lig debut, helping Karabükspor to a 2–1 victory over Manisaspor.[7] On 28 November 2010, he scored his first hat-trick in Süper Lig career in a 3–0 win over Bucaspor. He subsequently scored a total of 14 goals in his debut Süper Lig season.[5]
In May 2011, he initiated a lawsuit against the newspaper 'Haber Turk' for what Emenike's agents describe as "misleading" and "malicious" claim that Emenike's age is 7 years different from what is shown on his passport.[8]
Fenerbahçe
On 25 May 2011, Emenike joined Fenerbahçe for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around 9 million euros.[9][10]
Spartak Moscow
On 28 July 2011, he was sold to
Emenike made his debut on the opening game of the season coming on as a substitute for
Towards the end of season, Emenike was fined about US$17,000 for an offensive gesture after Dynamo Moscow fans, who racially abused him during a match between Spartak and Dynamo, which Spartak won 3–1 and he scored. Vladimir Vasilyev, a Russian FA's ethics committee official, explained the fine, stating it was "an adequate punishment".[15]
In the last game of the season against champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, Emenike scored the second goal in the game but received a red card after he appeared to do a mock vein-tapping in preparation for an imaginary heroin injection.[16] Eventually, Spartak Moscow would win 3–2. After the game, Emenike made an explanation celebration for gratitude to his parents[17] The meeting between House of Football Control and Disciplinary Committee refused to consider the incident and shifted responsibility for the decision by the Ethics Committee.[18]
In the 2011–12 season, Emenike scored 13 goals (all in the league) and is the second top-scorer behind
In 2012–13 season, Emenike scored the fastest goal in the history of the Russian League, within 10 seconds of kick-off in a 2–1 win over
Return to Fenerbahçe
In August 2013, Emenike moved back to Turkey by returning to
Loan to Al Ain
On 11 July 2015, Emenike signed for Al Ain on a season-long loan.[24] On 13 January 2016, after spending six months at the club, Emenike returned to Fenerbahçe after his loan move was terminated by the club.
Loan to West Ham United
On 31 January 2016, Emenike signed for West Ham United on loan until the end of the season with an option to make it permanent.[25] On 6 February, Emenike made his debut as a 73rd-minute substitute replacing Michail Antonio in a 1–0 defeat at Southampton.[26] On 21 February, Emenike scored a brace in a 5–1 win against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup, his first and only goals for the club.[27]
Olympiacos
On 6 July 2017, Emenike joined Greek champions Olympiacos for a fee of €3.8 million on a two-year deal.
Since November 2017, the future of Emenike is up in the air, less than three weeks before the opening of the winter transfer market. According to various sources, the Olympiacos striker is under orders to train alone even though he is not recovering from any injury. In all likelihood, Emenike is set to depart the
On 29 December 2017, Emenike has thanked Turkish giants
On 17 July 2018, he mutually resolved his contract with Olympiacos.[37]
Loan to Las Palmas
On the last day of the winter transfer window 2018, Emenike agreed to play on loan from Olympiacos to Las Palmas until the end of the season as he had not much playing time in Olympiacos matches.[38] Few days after his signing the Spanish club have announced that Emenike is now being treated for a knee problem and no date has been fixed for his return to action. “An MRI scan was conducted the same night which indicated the presence of an osteochondral lesion at the level of the internal femoral condyle and swelling of the internal lateral ligament,” Las Palmas explained.[39]
Westerlo
On 27 August 2019, Emenike started to trials with
International career
Emenike was called up to the Nigeria national football team for a friendly against Sierra Leone.[46] He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.[47] On 21 January 2013, he scored in Nigeria's opening AFCON match against Burkina Faso in a 1–1 draw. He also scored the first goal in the quarter-final match between Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire which Nigeria won 2–1. On 3 February, Emenike scored a 30-yard free kick giving his country a 2–1 win over Côte d'Ivoire in the African Cup of Nations.
In 2013, he became part of the third Nigerian team to win the African Cup of Nations – Nigeria's first continental victory since 1994. His four goals proved crucial to Nigeria's progress through the tournament, and he was named to the team of the
In March 2013, Emenike was left out of the Nigerian squad for the World Cup qualifier, due to hamstring injury,[22] which Emenike criticised Nigeria's coach and officials of ignoring him.[51] In June 2013, Emenike wasn't included for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[52] After four month without being called up, Emenike was called up for August's Mandela Cup friendly match but did not participate due to injury.[53] Emenike celebrated his absence from Eagles in Sept 2013 when he played in the 2014 world cup qualifier against Malawi – played in Calabar. He scored a goal in the two-nil win by the Super Eagles – a win which took them to the final round of world cup qualifiers.[54] He came on as a substitute three days later in a friendly match against Burkina Faso, played in Kaduna – he scored the fourth goal in a 4–1 win for the Eagles.
On 13 October 2013, in the first-leg of last round of the World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, he scored twice to give the Super Eagles a 2–1 lead going into the second-leg[55] On 20 October 2015 he announced his retirement.[56]
Personal life
Emenike married former
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Karabükspor | 2009–10 | TFF First League | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 16 | |||
2010–11 | Süper Lig | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 14 | ||||
Total | 51 | 30 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 51 | 30 | |||||
Spartak Moscow | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | – | 24 | 13 | ||
2012–13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 6[d] | 3 | – | 23 | 8 | ||||
2013–14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | ||||
Total | 42 | 21 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 51 | 24 | ||||
Fenerbahçe | 2013–14 | Süper Lig | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12 | |
2014–15 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 35 | 5 | |||
2016–17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 10[f] | 4 | – | 27 | 8 | ||||
Total | 71 | 20 | 9 | 1 | – | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 25 | |||
Al Ain (loan) | 2015–16 | UAE Pro League | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1[g] | 0 | 15 | 7 | |
West Ham United (loan) | 2015–16 | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 2 | ||
Olympiacos | 2017–18 | Super League Greece | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 3[d] | 1 | – | 10 | 4 | ||
Career total | 193 | 78 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 92 |
- ^ Includes Russian Cup, Turkish Cup, FA Cup, Greek Cup
- ^ Includes UAE League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- ^ Two appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in UAE Super Cup
International
- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[61]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 June 2011 | Argentina | 4–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | |
2. | 21 January 2013 | Nelspruit, South Africa |
Burkina Faso | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
3. | 25 January 2013 | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspuit, South Africa | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
4. | 3 February 2013 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
5. | 6 February 2013 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | Mali | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 7 September 2013 | U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar , Nigeria |
Malawi | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7. | 10 September 2013 | Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, Nigeria | Burkina Faso | 4–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
8. | 13 October 2013 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9. | 2–1 |
Honours
Club
Karabükspor
Fenerbahçe
International
Nigeria
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot: 2013[62]
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2013[63]
Orders
- Member of the Order of the Niger[64]
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External links
- Emmanuel Emenike at Soccerbase
- Emmanuel Emenike at National-Football-Teams.com
- Emmanuel Emenike at ESPN FC