Precious Monye
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Full name | Precious Monye Onyabor | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 22, 1974 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender, Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
Enyimba International | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Udoji United | |||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Stationery Stores | |||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Sharks | |||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Reggiana 1919 | |||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | → Videoton (loan) | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1997 | → Cosenza Calcio (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1997 | → Videoton (loan) | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | → Újpest (loan) | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2000–2001 | FC UTA Arad | |||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Videoton | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Birkirkara | 74 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Ħamrun Spartans | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Sannat Lions | ||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria U17[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria U20[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria U23[1] | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Nigeria | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Precious Monye Onyabor (born 22 December 1974) is a Nigerian retired footballer.
Career[]
Monye signed with Italian side Reggiana 1919, and was loaned out to second division side Cosenza Calcio and Hungarian side Videoton, where he became the club's first ever black player.[2] He was also loaned out to Újpest FC, winning a league title with them in 1997–98.[3] He returned to Nigeria to get treatment for an injury before joining UTA Arad in Romania for a season.[1] He then returned to Hungary in 2002 to rejoin Videoton.[3]
From there, he signed for Maltese team Birkirkara in January 2004,[4] where he spent four seasons. He switched to Ħamrun Spartans in 2007,[5] where he played for another year.
International career[]
At the youth level he played in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland and the 1991 All-Africa Games, where he won a bronze medal with the national under-23 team.[1]
His senior international debut came against Sudan on 16 August 1992 during 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification.[1] He also played in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Precious Monye". isoccerng.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "PRECIOUS ONYEABOR MONYE" (in Hungarian). Videoton. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Kunticsnak és Méyének sem sikerült, Kinknek fog?". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 9 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Azzopardi, Kevin (5 December 2003). "Monye to replace Eboh as third foreigner". Times of Malta. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Monye Signs for Hamrun". The Malta Independent. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
External links[]
- Precious Monye at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nigerian football biography stubs
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigeria under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria youth international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Enyimba F.C. players
- Stationery Stores F.C. players
- Sharks F.C. players
- Fehérvár FC players
- Cosenza Calcio players
- Újpest FC players
- A.C. Reggiana 1919 players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Birkirkara F.C. players
- Ħamrun Spartans F.C. players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Serie B players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Malta
- Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in football