Precious Emuejeraye

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Precious Emuejeraye

Full name	Precious Emuejeraye
Date of birth	March 21, 1983 (1983-03-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	186 cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Gombak United FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-03 2003-06 2006-	Jurong FC Young Lions Gombak United FC	? (?) ? (?)
National team²
?	Singapore	33 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 16, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Precious Emuejeraye, (born March 21, 1983) in Nigeria, is a Nigerian-Singaporean footballer.

Precious came to Singapore in 2002 from Nigeria after being signed by the now-defunct S-League side Jurong FC. Even though Jurong FC folded a year later, his impressive performances in league didn't go unnoticed, as the Young Lions signed him next. Three years on, he stated his desire to switch from the green of Nigeria to the red of Singapore, and he also stated that he wished to play for the Singapore national football team.

In December 2005, he was awarded the citizenship of Singapore and the head coach of the national football team, Radojko Avramovic dully gave him his international debut in a friendly against Denmark on the 26th January 2006. He then became the third Nigerian to play for the national team, after Itimi Dickson and Agu Casmir

His performances in the national team colours at first were met with criticisims from the supporters, citing that his speed was making the whole defence a liability. But soon, people realised that he was able to use his sheer build and strength to make up for the lack of speed and soon became a firm fixture in the first team of the national squad.

In 2006, Gombak United snapped up the burly defender after doing well in his 3 years with the Young Lions.

Both Precious and his wife are Nigerian.