Kenneth Zeigbo
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 June 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Enugu, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | NEPA Lagos | 63 | (47) |
1997 | Enugu Rangers | 8 | (6) |
1997–1998 | Legia Warsaw | 20 | (5) |
1998–2003 | Venezia | 5 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Al Ain (loan) | 22 | (13) |
2000–2001 | → Al-Ahly (LBY) (loan) | 15 | (15) |
2001–2002 | → L'Aquila (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2003–2005 | Belluno | 13 | (0) |
2005–2006 | 15 | (10) | |
2007– | 25 | (15) | |
National team | |||
1997–1999 | Nigeria | 3 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Kenneth Zeigbo (born 16 June 1977) is a Nigerian retired professional footballer.
Career[]
Zeigbo started his career playing with Nigerian teams NEPA Lagos and then Enugu Rangers. On 7 August 1997 he made his debut with the Nigerian national team in a match against Cameroon, also scoring a goal during the game.[1] He then moved to Europe, joining Legia Warsaw and immediately scoring a winning goal in his debut, a Polish Supercup match against Widzew Lodz.[1]
He was then noticed by Venezia scouts and signed by the arancioneroverdi, then playing in Serie A, in 1998. However Zeigbo failed to break into the first team and was immediately relegated into the reserves and successively loaned out to United Arab Emirates side Al Ain, Libyan club Al-Ahly and Serie C1 team L'Aquila. In 2002, he returned to Venezia, only marking three appearances as a substitute before being sold to Serie C2 side Belluno on January 2003.[1] After two difficult seasons and a number of serious injuries, Zeigbo left professional football and moved to Eccellenza Veneto amateurs in 2005, leaving them in 2007 to sign for Eccellenza Sardinia side , joining former Internazionale and Cagliari player Fabio Macellari.[1]
After retiring as a player he became an owner of a security company in Italy.[2]
Honours[]
- :2013-2014[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Zeigbo, il nigeriano di vetro" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Fanno arrestare banditi, cittadini premiati - Cronaca - La Nuova di Venezia". La Nuova di Venezia (in Italian). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
External links[]
- (in Polish) Player profile at 90minut.pl
- Kenneth Zeigbo at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Al Ain FC players
- Venezia F.C. players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Rangers International F.C. players
- L'Aquila Calcio 1927 players
- A.C. Belluno 1905 players
- Footballers from Enugu
- NEPA Lagos players
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate footballers in Libya
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- UAE Pro League players