Anderson Esiti

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Anderson Esiti
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Personal information
Full name Anderson Esiti
Date of birth (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Warri, Nigeria
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 44
Youth career
2013–2014 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Leixões 36 (0)
2014–2016 Estoril 44 (0)
2016–2019 Gent 77 (0)
2019– PAOK 40 (0)
2021 → Göztepe (loan) 17 (1)
National team‡
2015– Nigeria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2019

Anderson Esiti (born 24 May 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club PAOK and the Nigeria national team.[1]

Club career[]

Born on 24 May 1994, in Warri, Nigeria Esiti took his first steps in Football Academy Bobbies United. In 2012 he made his trip to Europe to join Leixões. After a few games with the second-string team, the Nigerian midfielder was promoted to the senior side of the club, and played 45 matches. His overall performance caught the eye of José Mário Branco, technical director of Estoril at the time and they signed him. He fit right at in his new team. He remained there for two seasons, featuring in 57 appearances. He established himself as one of the leading midfielders in the league and attracted interest from various clubs around Europe. Eventually he signed with Gent making a total of 95 appearances in all competitions.[2]

PAOK[]

On 25 July 2019, PAOK have confirmed the arrival of Anderson Esiti, signing a four-year contract with the Nigerian midfielder. The reigning Greek champions paid Gent €3.5 million in order to sign Esiti. The Nigerian international, who plays as a defensive midfielder, will fill the gap for PAOK in that position with the vital UEFA Champions League ties against Ajax fast approaching, as the midfielders Jose Canas and Yevhen Shakhov, key members of the PAOK squad which claimed the Greek double, had already left the club this summer. In the 2018–19 season, Esiti made 30 appearances for Gent across all competitions.[3][4]

On his first match with PAOK after his return from the loan to Göztepe, in a friendly match against Volos, Esiti scored his first goal for PAOK.[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 7 November 2021
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leixões 2013–14 LigaPro 36 0 2 0 7 0 — — 45 0
Estoril 2014–15 Primeira Liga 17 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 — 26 0
2015–16 25 0 3 0 1 0 — — 29 0
2016–17 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 44 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 — 57 0
Gent 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 25 0 2 0 — 8 0 — 35 0
2017–18 26 0 3 0 — 1 0 — 30 0
2018–19 26 0 4 0 — 0 0 — 30 0
Total 77 0 9 0 — 9 0 — 95 0
PAOK 2019–20 Superleague Greece 21 0 4 0 — 4 0 — 29 0
2020–21 9 0 0 0 — 4 0 — 13 0
2021–22 10 0 1 0 — 8 0 — 19 0
Total 37 0 4 0 — 15 0 — 56 0
Göztepe S.K. (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 20 1 0 0 0 0 — — 20 1
Total 214 0 19 0 11 0 29 0 0 0 273 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Παίκτης του Δικεφάλου ο Εσίτι". 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Εσίτι ο ΠΑΟΚ". 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Anderson Esiti joins Greek Champions PAOK Saloniki". 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Εσίτι: «Χαρούμενος που είμαι πίσω και για το πρώτο μου γκολ»" [Esiti: "I am happy to be back and I am happy for my first goal"]. www.sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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