Dickson Etuhu

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Dickson Etuhu
Personal information
Full name Dickson Paul Etuhu
Date of birth June 8, 1982 (1982-06-08) (age 26)
Place of birth    Kano, Nigeria
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sunderland
Number 4
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2002
2002–2006
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–		 Manchester City
Preston North End
→ Norwich City (loan)
Norwich City
Sunderland		 012 0(0)
134 (17)
008 0(0)
054 0(6)
020 0(1)   
National team
2007– Nigeria 005 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Dickson Paul Etuhu (born 8 June 1982 in Kano) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Sunderland. He grew up in London, and attended St. Thomas the Apostle College, in Nunhead. He also attended St Francis Xavier 6th Form College Clapham.

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[edit] Career

His previous clubs were Manchester City, Preston North End then Norwich City. He was very much a bit-part player during Preston's successful season of 2004-2005, when the Whites reached the Play-off final. Despite his side losing to West Ham United, Dickson apparently attracted the attention of many Premiership clubs. Everton and West Bromwich Albion were both interested in signing him. Dickson is the oldest of four brothers, the youngest of whom is footballer Kelvin Etuhu (the other two are at university).[1]

[edit] Norwich City

Norwich City signed him during the January transfer window for £450,000 after a loan deal initially brought him to the club. Many Norwich fans objected to the signing as most of his performances for the club during his loan spell had been poor. His form began to improve towards the end of the season and in the early stages of the 2006-07 campaign.

Etuhu scored his first goal for Norwich in a 2-0 win against Torquay United in a League Cup match on 23 August 2006, and got his first league goal for the club in a 3-3 draw at Southend United on 12 September 2006. On 21 October 2006 he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Cardiff at Carrow Road to help his new manager Peter Grant win his first home game after replacing Nigel Worthington.

It was incorrectly reported during September 2006 that following the 3-1 defeat at Plymouth Argyle, Etuhu and team-mate Youssef Safri traded punches on the team bus on their return journey to East Anglia.[2]

[edit] Sunderland

Etuhu signed for newly promoted Sunderland in a deal worth £1.5m in the summer of 2007. February 9th Etuhu scored his first goal for Sunderland in their home match against Wigan.[3]

[edit] International

It was announced in late September that Etuhu had been called up to play for his country on October 14th.[4] He first played in two friendlies for his country and he then made his competitive international debut in the African Cup of Nations in January 2008.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Big brother spurs Kelvin on". Retrieved on 2007-01-08. 
  2. ^ "Norwich Worthy: Bustup just handbags". Retrieved on 2006-04-06. 
  3. ^ Etuhu signs for sunderland. AOL (2007-08-08).
  4. ^ Etuhu gets Nigeria call

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Sunderland A.F.C. – current squad

1 Gordon • 2 Halford • 4 Etuhu • 5 Nosworthy • 6 McShane • 7 Edwards • 8 Whitehead • 9 Stokes • 10 K. Richardson • 11 Murphy • 12 Miller • 13 Ward • 14 Higginbotham • 15 Collins • 16 Chopra • 17 Jones • 18 Leadbitter • 19 Yorke • 20 Reid • 21 Anderson • 23 O'Donovan • 24 Carson • 25 Mvoto • 26 Bardsley • 28 Kavanagh • 29 Hartley • 31 Connolly • 32 Fülöp • 33 Wallace • 39 Waghorn • 40 Dowson • 44 Evans • 45 Prica • –– Arnau •

Manager: Keane