Raphael Onyedika

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Raphael Onyedika
Personal information
Full name Raphael Onyedika Nwadike
Date of birth (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Imo State, Nigeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 37
Youth career
2016–2019 Ebedei
2019–2020 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Midtjylland 21 (2)
2020–2021 → Fredericia (loan) 28 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:26, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Raphael Onyedika Nwadike (born 19 April 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.

Career[]

Midtjylland[]

Onyedika used to play street football before joining F.C. Ebedei's academy at the age of 15.[1] After three years in Ebedei, Onyedika joined the academy of FC Midtjylland in Denmark, an affiliate club to FC Ebedei, shortly after his 18th birthday.

In his first full season in FC Midtjylland, he impressed in the U19 League and in the UEFA Youth League with his physique, speed and cash playing style. So much, that he on 1 July 2020 signed his first five-year professional contract with the club until June 2025.[2] To gain some more experience, Onyedika was loaned out to Midtjylland's affiliate club, Danish 1st Division-side FC Fredericia, on 19 August 2020 for the whole 2020-21 season.[3] Onyedika did well on his loan spell, playing 28 games and scoring three goals. The season went so well that the Nigerian came on TV3 Sport's team of the year in the Danish 1st Division.

Onyedika returned to Midtjylland in the summer 2021 and was promoted to the first team squad.[4] He got his official debut for Midtjylland on 16 July 2021 against Odense Boldklub, the first game of the 2021-22 Danish Superliga, where he was in the starting line-up and played the whole game.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ RAPHAEL ONYEDIKA OM DANMARK OG OVERGANGEN TIL SENIORFODBOLD, fcm.dk, 6 July 2021
  2. ^ FCM binder talentfuld nigerianer til 2025, bold.dk, 1 July 2020
  3. ^ FC Fredericia tilknytter endnu en spiller fra FC Midtjylland, frdb.dk, 19 August 2020
  4. ^ FCM rykker seks talenter op på førsteholdet, bold.dk, 18 June 2021
  5. ^ MIDTJYLLAND VS. OB 1 - 2, soccerway.com, 16 July 2021

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