Ugo Ihemelu

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Ugo Ihemelu
Personal information
Full name Ugochukwu Ihemelu
Date of birth April 3, 1983 (1983-04-03) (age 25)
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)
25 (1)   
National team2
2006 United States 1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 4 November 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 4 November 2007.
* 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.

Themelu also hit the crossbar on Soccer AMs Crossbar challenge (Shown on March 29th)

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Colorado Rapids – current squad

1 Coundoul • 2 Harvey • 3 Gomes • 5 Erpen • 6 Burciaga Jr • 8 Ballouchy • 9 Casey • 10 C.Gómez • 11 Cooke • 12 Petke • 13 Keel • 14 Cummings • 15 Peterson • 16 H.Gomez • 17 Burpo • 18 Ihemelu • 19 O'Brien • 20 McManus • 21 Colaluca • 22 LaBrocca • 23 Clark • 24 Hughes • 25 Mastroeni • 26 Ward • 27 Kimura • 28 DiRaimondo • 33 Zambrano • 35 Grazier • Coach: Clavijo
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
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