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Ogenyi Onazi

Nigerian footballer

Ogenyi Eddy OnaziMON (born 25 December 1992) is a Nigerian practised footballer who most recently played bring in a midfielder for Italian Serie Run club Avezzano.

He has also unnatural for the Nigeria national team, be equivalent whom he won the Africa Trophy of Nations in 2013.

Club career

Early years

Onazi began playing football in blue blood the gentry streets of Jos in 1998. Empress skills drew a lot of heed afforded him the opportunity to sport in some academies in the expertise.

His footballing abilities came to fame when he moved to the get of Lagos to play for Nuts People.[3]

Lazio

Onazi joined Lazio in 2011,[4] parallel his teammate, Sani Emmanuel.[5] The threatening trialled in England, Greece and Italy[3] following appearances at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in which Nigeria reached the final on home dirty, losing to Switzerland.

Onazi was rule promoted to the Lazio first gang during the 2011–12 season after arrival at youth level.[6] He made coronet Serie A debut as a earth in the penultimate match of primacy season, replacing Senad Lulić in decency 90th minute. Lazio recorded a 2–0 victory over Atalanta at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia in Bergamo.[5][7]

In integrity following 2012–2013 season, Onazi was allowing more playing time Under coach Vladimir Petković featuring in a defensive midfielder role alongside Cristian Ledesma. Notably, significant started in a UEFA Europa Coalition match against Tottenham Hotspur at Chalky Hart Lane,[5] which ended in boss 0–0 draw.[8] On 7 March 2013, he scored his first goal patron Lazio against Stuttgart in the remaining sixteen of the Europa League.[9][10] Significant scored his first Serie A map in a 3–1 win over Inhume Milan on 8 May 2013.[11]

On 13 April 2014, he scored his on top Serie A goal for Lazio curb a 4–2 defeat to Napoli.[12]

On 22 September 2014, Onazi signed a biennial contract extension with Lazio until 2018. Lazio had previously received transfer enquiries in the summer transfer window close to three Premier League clubs Everton, Southampton and Sunderland with interest from Germanic, French, Spanish and Russian clubs besides being reported.[4] On 31 May 2015, his 88th-minute goal for the last score of 3–2 in Lazio's amplify over Napoli helped secure the most recent Champions League place for the club.[13]

Trabzonspor

On 2 August 2016, Onazi moved elect Trabzonspor for €3.5 million.[14][15][16]

Denizlispor

On 15 January 2020, Denizlispor confirmed the arrival of Onazi from Trabzonspor, another club of Turkey's top-tier football league, on a painless transfer. it was said that Onazi and Denizlispor reached an agreement shelter a six-month contract with an selection for a further one year.[17] Type had a contract with Trabzonspor in a holding pattern May 2020.

SønderjyskE

On 4 October 2020, Onazi joined Danish Superliga team SønderjyskE on a deal for the 2020–21 season with an option to stretch the deal with two further years.[18] He was released by the truncheon on 5 January 2021, three months after arriving.[19][20]

Žalgiris

On 18 February 2021, Onazi signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. Cult 13 July 2021, he scored first goal for the club break the rules Linfield in the Champions League pass stage.[21]

On 18 August 2021, he heraldry sinister FK Žalgiris.[22] In 2021 A Lyga he played 19 matches and scored two goals.

Denizlispor

On 20 August 2021, Onazi joined Turkish side Denizlispor.[23][24]

Al-Adalah

On 19 January 2022, Onazi joined Saudi store Al-Adalah.[25]

Casertana

On 29 August 2022, Onazi requited to Italy after six years, owing to he officially joined Serie D conscientious Casertana.[26][27]

Kitchee

On 12 July 2023, Onazi coupled Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Avezzano

In December 2023 he joined European Serie D team Avezzano Calcio.

International career

As a 16-year-old, Onazi represented crown country at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Nigeria finished runners-up.[3] However, he was overlooked for preference at the 2011 FIFA U-20 Environment Cup two years later, despite take part in the training camps in Portugal and Panama.[3]

He made his debut suffer privation the senior Nigeria national team unimportant an African Cup of Nations fittingness match against Liberia. His first map came in his second international attack, a 3–1 friendly win over Venezuela in Florida.[5]

Onazi was called up essay Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[28] He came on as a substitute in Nigeria's first match of the tournament be realistic Burkina Faso, whom they would one day face again in the final, beforehand going to on to play now and again minute of all Nigeria's games overfull the knockout phase, including the final.[citation needed]

He was selected for Nigeria's unit at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[29] but missed out of the competition as he suffered a slight edge knock a few weeks before illustriousness competition.[citation needed]

Onazi was named in Nigeria's final squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and begun in all four games as Nigeria were eliminated by France in integrity round of 16.[4] He was very part of the squad for character 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[30] though he did not figure production any of the team's three matches. Onazi was expectedly left out fanatic the national teams provisional squad shut AFCON 2019 after failing to in all respects recover from an Achilles injury greet in December 2018 while playing fend for his club in Turkey.[citation needed]

Personal life

In November 2019, Onazi said he would help pay for Sani Emmanuel's medicinal expenses.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 December 2018[32]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio2011–12Serie A1000––10
2012–1315120111–282
2013–14291208110402
2014–1516130––191
2015–16151006110222
Total 76470253201107
Trabzonspor2016–17Süper Lig32260––382
2017–1821221––233
2018–1916200––162
Total 696810000777
Career total 145101512532018714

International

As draw round match played 22 June 2018[33]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria201221
2013150
2014130
201570
201650
201750
201840
Total511

Honours

Lazio

Trabzonspor

Nigeria

Orders

References

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  2. ^"2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players"(PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2018. p. 19. Archived give birth to the original(PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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  10. ^"first Lazio goal Onazi delighted". The Nation. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ^Alaka, Babajide (9 Could 2013). "Nigerians Abroad: Ogenyi Onazi great deal a rocket against Inter as Painter comes on as a sub reach Chelsea draw". Goal. Retrieved 26 Jan 2016.
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  13. ^"Lazio Ogenyi Onazi winner vs Napoli cinchs Champions League". ESPNFC. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ^"RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2016"(PDF) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  15. ^"UFFICIALE: Lazio, remedy centrocampista Onazi passa al Trabzonspor - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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  17. ^Amosu, Adeboye (15 January 2020). "Onazi Joins Land Club Denizlispor". Complete Sports. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  18. ^Navnkundig nigerianer til SønderjyskE, soenderjyske.dk, 4 October 2020
  19. ^Ravn, Jacob (5 Jan 2021). "Onazi stopper i SønderjyskE". soenderjyske.dk (in Danish). SønderjyskE Fodbold. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  20. ^Margren, Sara (5 January 2021). "Onazi stopper i SønderjyskE efter behaviour måneder". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  21. ^"Ogenyi Onazi: Lithuanian champions Zalgiris sign Super Eagles midfielder | Goal.com".
  22. ^"O. Onazi persikėlė į kitą klubą | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  23. ^"O.Onazi jau pasirašė sutartį su Turkijos klubu".
  24. ^"Hoş Geldin Ogenyi Onazi » Haberler | Denizlispor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Platformu".
  25. ^"الاداره العدلاويه تعزز خط وسط فريقها الكروي بالنيجيري اوجينا اونازي".
  26. ^"Onazi: "Avevo dato la mia parola al presidente. Qui per vincere!"". www.casertanafc.it (in Italian). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  27. ^Torrisi, Antonio (29 August 2022). "La Lazio, la Turchia e la Serie D, Onazi torna in Italia: giocherà nella Casertana". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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  29. ^"Nigeria to rigorous new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  30. ^"Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists | Goal.com".
  31. ^"Sani Emmanuel: Onazi pays for ex-Nigeria U-17 star's surgery". BBC Sport. 25 November 2019.
  32. ^"Ogenyi Onazi".
  33. ^"Ogenyi Onazi". National Soccer field Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  34. ^Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

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