Terem Moffi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Teremas Igobor Moffi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Calabar, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Kauno Žalgiris | 8 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Riteriai | 29 | (20) |
2020 | Kortrijk | 9 | (5) |
2020– | Lorient | 53 | (18) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:20, 10 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:09, 7 September 2021 (UTC) |
Teremas "Terem" Igobor Moffi (born 25 May 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club FC Lorient and the Nigeria national team.[2]
Club career[]
Moffi left Nigeria to join Buckswood Football Academy at the age of 17, and thereafter moved to Lithuania with Kauno Žalgiris. He thereafter joined Riteriai, but had visa issues that delayed his debut. He eventually scored 20 goals in 29 leagues games, and transferred to Kortrijk in January 2020.[3] On 1 October 2020, he signed with FC Lorient in the French Ligue 1.[4]
International career[]
On 14 May 2021, Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr included Moffi in his 31-man list for friendlies in June. Moffi debuted with the Super Eagles in a 1–0 loss to Cameroon on 4 June 2021.[5]
Personal life[]
Moffi's father, Leo, was a professional footballer in Nigeria who played as a goalkeeper.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Terem Moffi - FC Lorient - Aktuelles Spielerprofil - Bild.de". sport.bild.de.
- ^ a b "Terem Moffi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Five things on Terem Moffi". Ligue1.
- ^ "Terem Moffi s'engage chez les Merlus". FC Lorient. 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
- ^ "Proud Moffi senior celebrates son's record transfer to Ligue 1". Score Nigeria. 21 September 2020.
- Living people
- 1999 births
- People from Calabar
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Association football forwards
- FK Kauno Žalgiris players
- FK Riteriai players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- FC Lorient players
- A Lyga players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Ligue 1 players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate footballers in Lithuania
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in France