Emem Eduok
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Samuel Emem Eduok[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 January 1994||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Espérance | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2013-2015 | Dolphins | 42 | (26) |
2015– | Espérance | 13 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
Nigeria U20s | |||
2015– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:11, 30 July 2015 (UTC). |
Samuel Emem Eduok (born 31 January 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Tunisian club Espérance, as a striker.
Club career
Eduok played for Dolphins and was the second-top scorer in the 2014 Nigeria Premier League with 20 goals.[2] In December 2014 he signed a contract with Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08; after changing his mind he signed a second contract with Tunisian club Espérance in January 2015, resulting in a transfer row.[2] He completed the transfer to Espérance later that month.[3]
International career
Eduok has played for the Nigeria under-20s,[1][2] and played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4] He made an appearance in an unofficial friendly between a 'Nigeria XI' (the national B team) and 'Ghana XI' (the national Olympic team) in November 2014, scoring the only goal of the game.[5][6] He had to pull out of the senior national team in January 2015 due to his ongoing club transfer row.[2] He made his senior debut as a 69th-minute substitute in the 2017 Cup of Nations qualifier at Tanzania, getting off one shot on goal.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Emem Eduok profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Oluwashina Okeleji (8 January 2015). "Nigerian striker Emem Eduok makes plea to join Esperance". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Shina Oludare (22 January 2015). "Tunisian giants Esperance unveil Emem Eduok". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ↑ Emem Eduok – FIFA competition record
- ↑ "Nigeria opens new stadium with Ghana friendly". Confederation of African Football. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Eduok Hands Super Eagles Narrow Victory Over Ghana". Soccer Laduma. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/match/tanzania-vs-nigeria/2038207/live-commentary