Emeka Emerun // (born 11 November 1994) is a Nigerian footballer.

Emeka Emerun
Personal information
Full name Emeka Emerun Christ
Date of birth (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Owerri, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Striker or left-winger
Youth career
2010–2011 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Bayern Munich II
2012–2014 CA Bizertin 1 (0)
2013Espérance Tunis (loan)
2014Olympique Béja (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Sloboda Užice 43 (6)
2017 Radnički Pirot 10 (5)
2018–2021 Budućnost Dobanovci 61 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2021

Club career

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Born in Owerri,[2] he begin playing football inspired by his mother, who was a football player. He started playing in a local football academy. When he was 16 he went to Denmark and played one tournament where he scored 5 goals in 6 games and thus earned attention from German giants FC Bayern Munich who brought him to their youth team.[3] He played with Bayern Munich Junior Team in the 2011–12 Under 19 Bundesliga.[4] He started his senior career playing with FC Bayern Munich II in the 2011–12 season. During the winter-break he moved to Tunisia and signed with CA Bizertin.[5] He played on loan at Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 2013.[6] He left Tunisia by the end of 2014 after having played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with Bizertin and Olympique Béja.[7] He returned to Europe and signed with Serbian side FK Sloboda Užice in summer 2015.[3]

Personal life

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His mother, Teresa Emerun, was a professional footballer. He has four brothers and four sisters, and the four brothers all play football as well.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "18 EMERUN Emeka".
  2. ^ Emeka Emerun at Worldfootball.net
  3. ^ a b c Nigerijac iz Bajerna igra u Užicu: Fudbal sam naučio od majke at Blic, 24-9-2015, retrieved 9-4-2016 (in Serbian)
  4. ^ Emeka Emerun at DFB.de
  5. ^ Emeka Emerun at FootballDatabase.eu
  6. ^ Le CAB accuse l'EST d'avoir détourné le joueur Emeka Emerun at jawharafm.net, 19-12-2012, retrieved 9-4-2016 (in French)
  7. ^ Emeka Emerun at Soccerway