Austin Amutu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iwuji Augustine Amamchi | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008 | Karamone | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Mighty Jets | 44 | (11) |
| 2011–2015 | Warri Wolves | 51 | (12) |
| 2015–2016 | → Kelantan FA (loan) | 14 | (8) |
| 2016 | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 14 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 20 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Nigeria U-23 | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2017 | |||
Austin Amutu (born 20 February 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward.
Club career
Amutu started his playing career with youth team Karamone, later joined Mighty Jets of Jos where he started exploding his talents winning a lot of honours and awards such the best striker of the team, team highest goal scorer ever for the team in a season and also was the youngest best striker of Mighty Jets ever signed. He made his way to limelight which made interest from teams locally and internationally but Warri Wolves were lucky to convince the powerful and ball shield attacker.[1]
In April 2015, Amutu signed a loan deal from Warri Wolves to Malaysian club Kelantan during April transfer window. He impressed the fan after scored a goal in the 9th minutes of his debut game against Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. in which they lost 1-3.[2][3]
International career
He was only called up to Nigeria U-23 dream team VI squad at the 2015 Nigeria Super 6 Tournament.[4] and was later dropped due to indiscipline.
References
- ↑ "NPFL Week 9: Warri Wolves bag fourth away win as Sharks move two points clear". Goal.com. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Amutu scores on debut in Malaysia". African Football. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ http://www.themalaymailonline.com/sports/article/kelantan-coach-happy-with-excellent-performance-of-imported-players
- ↑ "U23 Eagles Pip Warri Wolves 2-". Goal.com. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
External links
- Austin Amutu at Soccerway