Iyenemi Furo

Iyenemi Furo
Personal information
Full nameIyenemi Charles Furo
Date of birth17 July 1978
Place of birthOkrika, Nigeria
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
Sharks
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1997Paris Saint-Germain B
1997–1999Waregem55(2)
1999–2000Sion13(1)
2000Royal Antwerp0(0)
2000–2002Sion8(0)
2003Akratitos7(1)
2004–2005Istres0(0)
2005–2006Servette5(0)
National team
2000Nigeria U232(0)
2000Nigeria5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Iyenemi Furo (born 17 July 1978) is a retired Nigerian international footballer who played as a defender for clubs in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece.

Club career

Born in Okrika, Furo moved to France and began playing football for Paris Saint-Germain's reserve side in 1995. He signed a contract with Belgian Pro League club K.S.V. Waregem in 1997. He acquired Belgian citizenship and moved to Swiss Super League side FC Sion.

In January 2003, Furo joined Greek Superleague side Akratitos F.C., where he would make 7 league appearances before leaving the club.[1]

International career

Furo played for Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] He captained the team as they reached the last eight of the tournament.[3]

Furo played for the Nigeria national football team at the 2000 African Cup of Nations finals, making five appearances as Nigeria finished runners-up.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ Adesanya, Niran (24 August 2000). "Controversial Furo Makes U-23 Team". P.M. News (Lagos).
  3. ↑ Omotunde, Bello (3 November 2010). "We had no team at Sydney 2000 - Furo". Mastersportsng.com.
  4. ↑ Courtney, Barrie and Stokkermans, Karel (9 July 2009). "African Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF.

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