Ifeanyi Udeze

Personal information
Ifeanyi Udeze
Full name	Ifeanyi Udeze
Date of birth	July 21, 1980 (1980-07-21) (age 27)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997 1997-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008	Bendel Insurance Kavala PAOK West Bromwich Albion PAOK AEK Athens PAOK	? (?) 59 (0) 33 (0) 11 (0) 44 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
2000-	Nigeria	35 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 17, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 6, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ifeanyi Udeze (born 21 July 1980) is a Nigerian football player. He played for Nigeria national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and is currently a free agent after being released by PAOK Thessaloniki in the winter of the 2007-08 season.

Udeze played for clubs such as Bendel Insurance FC, AO Kavalas (Greece), PAOK Thessaloniki, before to join West Bromwich Albion in 2003. In his first season with the Albion, he played F.A. Premier League joining the club on loan in the latter stages of the season, however his efforts were to no avail, and Albion were relegated.

He was released from AEK Athens FC on January of 2007 after six months from the signing of a 3 year contract on 11 August 2006.

With a height of 1.79 m, he plays in defence, usually as a left fullback.

On July 4th he returned to PAOK FC signing a two year deal.

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v • d • e Nigeria squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Shorunmu • 2 Yobo • 3 Babayaro • 4 Kanu • 5 Okoronkwo • 6 West • 7 Ikedia • 8 Adepoju • 9 Ogbeche • 10 Okocha • 11 Lawal • 12 Ejide • 13 Afolabi • 14 Udeze • 15 Justice • 16 Sodje • 17 Aghahowa • 18 Akwuegbu • 19 Ejiofor • 20 Obiorah • 21 Utaka • 22 Enyeama • 23 Opabunmi • Coach: Onigbinde

v • d • e PAOK F.C. – current squad

2 Arabatzis • 3 Konstantinidis • 5 Melissis • 6 Balafas • 7 Conceicao • 8 Iliadis • 10 Christodoulopoulos • 13 Malezas • 14 Iliev • 18 Vangelis • 22 Veron • 23 Lakis • 26 Delibasis • 27 Sznaucner • 28 Athanasiadis • 30 Gavrancic • 40 Kyriakidis • 44 Knol • 77 Glykos • 88 Pechlivanis • Chalkias • Georgiou • Coach: Santos