Murphy Akanji
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Murphy Akanji | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Niger Tornadoes | ? | (0) |
| 1996 | Sharks | ? | (0) |
| 1997 | Udoji United | 21 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Julius Berger | 27 | (0) |
| 2001–2008 | Sliema Wanderers | 171 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2002 | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2008 | |||
Murphy Akanji (born 1 December 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a professional footballer who most recently played for Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Football League, where he played as a goalkeeper.
Trivia[]
Akanji joined Sliema Wanderers from Julius Berger in August, 2001, and he aspired to make an impression and rapidly travel to a better club in a more significant Europeann league. He was one of the best goalkeepers in the Maltese Premier League throughout his time with the club, although he often mixed flashes of brilliance with beginners' mistakes, making consistency his main flaw. In both 2005–06 and 2006–07 Akanji won the Best Goalkeeper Award.
International[]
He is an international goalkeeper and has represented Nigeria at the African Nations Cup.
External links[]
- Murphy Akanji at MaltaFootball.com
- Murphy Akanji at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Living people
- 1977 births
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Association football goalkeepers
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Niger Tornadoes F.C. players
- Nigeria international footballers
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Sharks F.C. players
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
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