Echezona Anyichie

Echezona Anyichie
Personal information
Full name Celestine Echezona Anyichie
Date of birth (1990-05-14) 14 May 1990
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Royal Wahingdoh F.C.
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007-2008 AC Oulu - (-)
2008-2010 Dolphins F.C. - (-)
2010-2011 Samut Songkhram F.C. - (-)
2011-2012 Southern Samity 6 (0)
2012- 2014 Mohun Bagan 42 (0)
2014 Royal Wahingdoh F.C. 0 (0)
National team
2003 Nigeria U-17 6 (0)
2005-2006 Nigeria U-20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2014.


Echezona Anyichie (born 14 May 1990) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for Royal Wahingdoh in the Indian I-League.

Career

Finland

Eche had a trial in Finland for top tier Finnish club HJK Helsinki,[1] but failed to earn a contract.He then signed for another Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu.[2][3]

Nigeria

After the stint in Finland he returned to Nigeria to play for Dolphins F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League.[4][5][6]

Thailand

He had a brief spell in Thailand Premier League for Samut Songkhram F.C.[7]

India

Southern Samity signed Echezona for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division.Though his team failed to qualify his performance was appreciated,and thus Mohun Bagan AC signed him up on a 1-year contract for 2012-13 I-League [8]

International

He has represented Nigeria in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.He started all the matches for his country in the group stages and played alongside the likes of Mikel John Obi and Chinedu Obasi.[9]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.