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Emmanuel Amuneke
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| Emmanuel Amuneke | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanuel Amuneke | |
| Date of birth | December 25, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Eze Obodo, Nigeria | |
| Height | 1.76 m | |
| Playing position | Left Winger | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| ? 1991 1991-1994 1994-1997 1997-2000 2000-2002 2003 2003-2004 |
Concord FC Julius Berger El Zamalek Sporting Lisboa Barcelona Albacete Busan I'cons Al-Wihdat |
? (?) ? (?) 71 (26) 51 (17) 19 (1) 17 (1) ? (?) 22 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1993–2001 | Nigeria | ? (?) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Nigeria |
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| Men's Football | |||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition | |
Emmanuel Amuneke (born December 25, 1970 in Eze Obodo), commonly known as Emmanuel Amunike, is a former football forward from Nigeria. He played more than 30 international matches for Nigeria, scoring at least seven goals.[1] and was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and won the 1994 African Nations Cup. He won the 1994 African Footballer of the Year award, for his performances at both tournaments. He was also part of the Nigeria Olympic gold medal winning team at the Atlanta 96 football event, scoring in the final against Argentina.
In his early career Amuneke won the domestic league titles in Nigeria and Egypt. In 1994 he signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal and won over the fans by scoring the winning goal against the derby rivals SL Benfica. He was bought by the Spanish giants Barcelona for $3.6 million during the 1996/97 season, but was only able to play out the rest of his first season at the club, spending most of the next three years sidelined with injuries. Knee problems also kept him out of the France 98 FIFA World Cup. Amuneke never fully recovered and retired after playing one final season in Jordan. A small wide attacking player who more than made up for his size by his ability to cut into the box to score.
On Spanish television he now appears in an advert that jokes about his own lack of success at Barcelona. He plays the role of an entrepreneur setting up a business selling his football skills video. The advert for his video says "watch his best move over and over again", following which there are repeated clips of him about to take a throw-in. The advert then announces a free gift, a "Dance with Amuneke" video, in which we see him dancing, without great expertise, in a disco.
Contrary to popular belief, his name is Amuneke, not Amunike.
- 1990 Concord FC
- 1991 Julius Berger
- 1991/92 Al-Zamalek
- 1992/93 Zamalek (24/9)
- 1993/94 Zamalek
- 1994/95 Sporting (20/7)
- 1995/96 Sporting (23/7)
- 1996/97 Sporting (8/3)
- 1996/97 FC Barcelona (19/1)
- 1997/98 Barcelona (0/0)
- 1998/99 Barcelona (0/0)
- 1999/00 Barcelona (0/0)
- 2000/01 Albacete Balompié (11/1)
- 2001/02 Albacete (6/0)
- 2003 Busan I'cons
- 2003/04 Al-Wihdat
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| 1 Rufai • 2 Eguavoen • 3 Iroha • 4 Keshi • 5 Okechukwu • 6 Nwanu • 7 George • 8 Oliha • 9 Yekini • 10 Okocha • 11 Amuneke • 12 Siasia • 13 Ezeugo • 14 Amokachi • 15 Oliseh • 16 Agu • 17 Ikpeba • 18 Ekoku • 19 Emenalo • 20 Okafor • 21 Adepoju • 22 Agbonavbare • Coach: Westerhof |
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Rashidi Yekini |
CAF Award Winner 1994 |
Succeeded by George Weah |
Categories: 1970 births | Living people | Nigerian footballers | Sporting Lisbon players | FC Barcelona footballers | Albacete Balompié footballers | Busan I'Park players | La Liga footballers | Olympic footballers of Nigeria | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria | FIFA World Cup 1994 players | Nigeria international footballers | Zamalek players