Stephen Eze

Stephen Eze
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-05) March 5, 1994
Place of birth Makurdi, Nigeria
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sunshine Stars F.C.
Number 33
Youth career
2010 Lobi Stars F.C. (Team B)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012-2014 Lobi Stars F.C. 52 (11)
2014- Sunshine Stars F.C. 34 (6)
National team‡
2014 Nigeria U-23 0 (0)
2015 Nigeria 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 November 2015

Stephen Eze (born 8 March 1994 in Makurdi) is a Nigerian football player who currently plays in the Nigeria Premier League. He was signed by a Nigeria Premier League team known as Lobi Stars F.C. feeders team in 2010 and got promoted into the senior team in 2012 to make his debut in the Nigeria Premier League.[1] He is presently playing for Sunshine Stars F.C. of Akure for the 2015 Nigeria Premier League season and had scored 2 goals with 2 assists in the Nigeria Premier league season 2015 as of week 10. He scored 5 goals for Lobi Stars F.C. Team A between 2012 to 2014 [2][3][4][5]

Career

Stephen Eze his football career with Lobi Stars F.C. feeders team in 2010 then got promoted into Lobi Stars F.C. Team A in 2012. He has received interest from top Nigeria Premier League teams since he joined Lobi Stars F.C. [6] and scored 11 goals in two seasons. Stephen Eze was convinced with fat offer and high standard of contractual basis by Sunshine Stars F.C. that made him insisted on joining Sunshine Stars F.C..[7] He was invited to the Nigeria U-20 in 2013 but was unable to make the Nigeria Flying Eagles team to the Fifa U-20 worldcup.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093/nigeria/2013/04/02/3872652/lobi-defender-stephen-eze-boasts-of-stopping-liga-mu%C3%A7ulmana
  2. ↑ http://www.completesportsnigeria.mobi/readNewsItem1.php?nid=6271
  3. ↑ http://thenationonlineng.net/new/eze-targets-goals/
  4. ↑ http://www.newsng.com/story-detail.php?title=Eze-dedicates-goal-to-teammates&story=89d171432f
  5. ↑ http://sportsdayonline.com/sunshine-sink-gabros-kwara-pip-el-kanemi/
  6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4111/nigeria-premier-league/2014/07/02/4930229/lobi-stephen-eze-not-for-sale
  7. ↑ http://benue.com.ng/official-lobi-stars-defender-stephen-eze-joins-sunshine/

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