Uche Henry Agbo (born 4 December 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Aktobe.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Uche Henry Agbo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder / Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aktobe | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bai Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Taraba | ? | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | JUTH | ? | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Enyimba | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Granada B (loan) | 57 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Granada (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Granada (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Standard Liège | 45 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Braga (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Slovan Bratislava | 40 | (1) |
| 2024– | Aktobe | 20 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14 21 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn in Kano, Uche started playing for local lowly Bai Boys, and moved to Taraba in 2010.[3] In May 2011 he signed for JUTH,[4] and appeared regularly for the side, scoring once.
In January 2012 Uche joined Enyimba International along with teammate James Amankwei.[5] He made his debut for the club on 28 April 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win against Dolphins.[6]
In October 2013, Uche went on a trial at Udinese,[7] signing a four-year deal in the following month.[8] In March 2014 he moved to Granada CF, linking up with the Andalusians also until 2018 and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[9]
On 23 February 2015, Uche made his first team – and La Liga – debut, replacing Javi Márquez in the dying minutes of a 2–1 away loss against Levante UD.[10] On 25 July of the following year, he signed a five-year contract with Premier League club Watford, being immediately loaned back to Granada for one year.[11]
On 11 July 2017, Uche joined Belgian club Standard de Liège.[12] On 31 January 2019, he returned to Spain and its first division after agreeing to a six-month loan at Rayo Vallecano, with an option to buy.[13] In doing so, he said that he had turned down a big-money move to China, as his career development was more important.[14]
On 21 January 2020, after a six-month loan spell at S.C. Braga, Uche agreed to a deal with Deportivo de La Coruña, still owned by Standard.[15]
On 1 September 2021, following mass exodus from La Coruña, Agbo was announced as a signing of reigning Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava on a three-year contract. His performance against Slovan from the Europa League was recalled in his introduction.[16]
International career
editUche got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side to replace the injured Leon Balogun for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016.[17] On 1 June 2017, he made his international debut for Nigeria in a 3–0 win against Togo in a friendly replacing Wilfred Ndidi.[18][19]
Uche was included in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[20] but he did not make the final 23-man squad.[21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 13 October 2023[22]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Granada B (loan) | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | ||
| Granada (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Standard Liège | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Braga (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Bratislava | 2021–22 | Slovak First League | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 6[d] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Slovak First League | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 10[e] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Slovak First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Slovan Bratislava II | 2021–22 | Slovak Second League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Slovak Second League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Slovak Second League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 5 | ||
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Belgian Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League, 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League and 6 appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
editSlovan Bratislava
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Prichádza posila so skúsenosťami z La Ligy". www.skslovan.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ The Nigeria U-20 national football team; West African Football, 27 May 2012
- ^ Uche Agbo; Foetbal 247, 4 January 2012
- ^ Ghanaian striker Amankwei set for Enyimba Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; MTN Football, 2 January 2012
- ^ Enyimba triumphant again after 2–0 Dolphins win; Enyimba's official website, 28 April 2013
- ^ Exclusive: Uche Agbo Begins Trials At Udinese; All Nigeria Soccer, 11 October 2013
- ^ Exclusive: Uche Agbo Set To Sign Four-year Deal With Udinese; All Nigeria Soccer, 18 November 2013
- ^ Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new players of Granada CF) Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Granada CF, 18 March 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Levante resurge de sus cenizas (Levante rises from its ashes); Marca, 23 February 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Uche Agbo signs for Watford, yet is loaned to Granada immediately; Vavel, 25 July 2016
- ^ "Uche Henry Agbo rejoint Les Rouches" (in French). Standard Liege. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Agbo Uche nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Agbo Uche new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (12 February 2019). "Nigeria's Uche Agbo 'football more important than cash'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Uche Agbo, nuevo jugador del Deportivo 2019–2020" [Uche Agbo, new player of Deportivo 2019–2020] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Prichádza posila so skúsenosťami z La Ligy". www.skslovan.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "The young defender has been handed his first national team call-up to replace injured Leon Balogun ahead of October's World Cup qualifier against Chipolopolo". goal.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Audu, Samm. "Super Eagles fly past Togo 3-0 | SCORE NIGERIA". scorenigeria.com.ng. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced? | Goal.com". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "World Cup 2018: Arsenal's Iwobi in Nigeria's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Uche Henry Agbo at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
External links
edit- Agbo at BDFutbol
- U. Agbo at Soccerway
- Agbo Uche Henry at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Uche Henry Agbo at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)