Izu Azuka
Personal information
Full name Izu Bobo Azuka
Date of birth (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fasil Kenema S.C.
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 Sharks – (–)
2008–2010 JS Kabylie 32 (22)
2011 Al-Ittihad Tripoli – (–)
2011–2012 Sunshine Stars – (–)
2013 Espérance 0 (0)
2013 → Hammam-Lif (loan) 6 (4)
2013–2014 Kahramanmaraşspor 27 (12)
2014 Gaziantep BB 15 (9)
2015 Irtysh Pavlodar 17 (7)
2015 Taraz 8 (3)
2016 Yeni Malatyaspor 9 (0)
2017 Akzhayik 17 (5)
2017 Mağusa Türk Gücü 2 (0)
2017–2018 Jamshedpur 17 (3)
2018–2019 Fasil Kenema S.C. 24 (11)
International career‡
2011 Nigeria U-23 4 (2)
2012– Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2013

Izu Azuka (born 24 May 1989) is a Nigerian football player who is currently playing for Fasil Kenema S.C. in Ethiopian Premier League.

Club career

On 26 November 2008, Azuka signed a two-year contract with Algerian club JS Kabylie after playing with Nigerian side Sharks F.C.[1] In December 2010, his contract was not renewed as he made just 4 league appearances in the 2010–11 season.

On 2 January 2011, Azuka joined Libyan side Al-Ittihad Tripoli on a free transfer from JS Kabylie.[2][3]

He then signed for Sunshine Stars F.C. of Akure in December 2011, a squad which eliminated Ittihad in the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.[4]

On 7 September 2012, Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis announced that they had reached a deal with Sunshine Stars for Azuka.[5] He joined the club in December when the transfer window opens and sign a three and a half-year contract.

In February 2015, Azuka joined Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar on a one-year contract.[6] Moving to fellow Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Taraz July of the same year.[7]

Azuka joined Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor at 4 January 2016.[8]

International career

He was called up by Olympic coach Augustine Eguavoen for the June 2011 qualifier against Tanzania.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2017[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CS Hammam-Lif 2012–13 CLP-1 6000–––60
Kahramanmaraşspor 2013–14 TFF First League 13520–––155
Gaziantep BB 2013–14 TFF First League 15400–––154
Irtysh Pavlodar 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 18310–––183
Taraz 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 8100–––81
Yeni Malatyaspor 2015–16 TFF First League 9000–––90
Akzhayik 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 17500––00175
Mağusa Türk Gücü[11] 2017–18 KTFF Süper Lig 2000–––20
Jamshedpur 2017–18 Indian Super League 173––––173
Career total 1072130----0010721

References

  1. ↑ Izu Azuka signe pour deux saisons
  2. ↑ اللاعب النيجيري اسو ازوكا يوقع للزعيم
  3. ↑ "Transferts : Izu Azuka (JSK) signe à Al-Ittihad (Libye)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ↑ SUNSHINE GRABS AL-ITTIHAD’S HIT MAN, AZUKA
  5. ↑ "Azuka Ibobo nouvelle recrue " Sang et Or "" (in French). est.org.tn. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "IZU AZUKA JOINS KAZAKHSTANI CLUB". |url=http://africanfootball.com/. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Тараз подписал нигерийца Изу Азуку и россиянина Алана Гатагова". |url=http://www.fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Azuka Ibobo Izu Yeni Malatya'da!". haberturk.com (in Turkish). 4 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Eguavoen picks Afelokhai,20 others for Tanzania
  10. ↑ "I.Azuka". soccerway.com. Soccer way.
  11. ↑ "IZU IBOBO AZUKA". ktff.net (in Turkish). KTFF Süper Lig. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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