Ugo Ihemelu

Personal information
Ugo Ihemelu
Full name	Ugochukwu Ihemelu
Date of birth	April 3, 1983 (age 24)
Place of birth	Enugu, Nigeria
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids
Youth clubs
2001-04	SMU
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-06 2007–	Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids	54 (0)
National team²
2006–	United States	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ugochukwu (Ugo) Ihemelu (born April 3, 1983 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-American soccer defender, who is currently with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

Ugo attended Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Ihemelu played college soccer at Southern Methodist University, and was named All-Missouri Valley Conference his junior and senior seasons. The Los Angeles Galaxy drafted him with the fifth overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. He helped the Galaxy to the US Open Cup and MLS Cup double in his rookie season. After his second season in LA, on December 1, 2006, Ihemelu was traded to Colorado Rapids.

Ihemelu got his first cap for the United States on January 29, 2006, against Norway.

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Persondata
NAME	Ihemelu, Ugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ihemelu, Ugochukweu (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Enugu, Nigeria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Colorado Rapids - Current Squad
1 Coundoul \| 2 Harvey \| 3 Vanney \| 4 Gargan \| 5 Beckerman \| 6 Prideaux \| 7 Kirovski \| 8 McDonald \| 10 Gomez \| 11 Cooke \| 12 Petke \| 13 Keel \| 14 Cummings \| 15 Peterson \| 16 Wingert \| 18 Ihemelu \| 19 Brown \| 20 Hernández \| 21 Colaluca \| 22 LaBrocca \| 23 Clark \| 24 Coundoul \| 25 Mastroeni \| 27 Kimura \| 28 DiRaimondo \| 30 Hughes \| 31 Thornton \| 33 Wasson \| — Cancela \| Coach: Clavijo