Precious Emuejeraye

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Precious Emuejeraye
Personal information

Full name	Precious Emuejeraye
Date of birth	(1983-03-21) March 21, 1983
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Persidafon Dafonsoro
Number	44
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	Jurong	64	(1)
2003–2006	Young Lions	50	(1)
2006–2008	Gombak United	73	(4)
2009	Woodlands Wellington	29	(3)
2009–2010	Sriwijaya	28	(0)
2010–2012	Persija Jakarta	52	(1)
2012–2013	Persiba Balikpapan	10	(0)
2013–	Persidafon Dafonsoro	0	(0)
National team^‡
2006–	Singapore	61	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 9, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 2, 2010

Precious Emuejeraye (born March 21, 1983 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian born Singaporean footballer. He previously played for Persiba Balikpapan.

Career

Emuejeraye 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 did not go unnoticed, as the Young Lions signed him next.

In 2006, Gombak United snapped up the burly defender after doing well in his 3 years with the Young Lions before new Woodlands Wellington FC's coach, Nenad Bacina signed him for the 2009 season.

In October 2009, he signed for Indonesia Super League club, Sriwijaya. He won Piala Indonesia 2010 with Sriwijaya.

In November 2012, he signed for Indonesia Super League club, Persiba Balikpapan.

International

In December 2005, he was awarded the citizenship of Singapore and the head coach of the national football team, Radojko Avramovic duly gave him his international debut in a friendly against Denmark on the 26 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 criticisms 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.

Precious made his debut for the Singapore national team on the 26 January 2006 against Denmark.

Personal life

His wife is Nigerian. He is the elder brother of Alfred Emuejeraye.

Honours

Club

Sriwijaya

Piala Indonesia: 2010

International

Singapore

ASEAN Football Championship: 2007

External links

Player profile – doha-2006.com
Precious Emuejeraye at National-Football-Teams.com

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Persondata
Name	Emuejeraye, Precious
Alternative names
Short description	Singaporean footballer
Date of birth	March 21, 1983
Place of birth	Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death

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