Innocent Emeghara

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Innocent Emeghara
Innocent Emeghara - Switzerland vs. Argentina, 29th February 2012.jpg
Emeghara with Switzerland in 2012
Personal information
Full name Innocent Nkasiobi Emeghara
Date of birth (1989-05-27) 27 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 San Jose Earthquakes
Number 11
Youth career
2002–2003 FC Töss
2003–2006 Winterthur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Zürich II 47 (16)
2009–2010 Winterthur 28 (17)
2010–2011 Grasshoppers 40 (14)
2011–2013 Lorient 28 (5)
2013–2014 Siena 17 (7)
2013–2014 → Livorno (loan) 30 (4)
2014–2015 Qarabağ 7 (4)
2015– San Jose Earthquakes 12 (1)
International career‡
2011 Switzerland U21 8 (5)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 4 (1)
2011– Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:17, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2013

Innocent Nkasiobi Emeghara (born 27 May 1989) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for North American club San Jose Earthquakes as a striker.

Club career

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Emeghara moved to Switzerland at the age of 13 (two years after his mother), and started playing football as a means to "cope with the language barrier and cold temperatures".[1] He began his senior career with FC Zürich's reserves aged only 17, going on to represent FC Winterthur and Grasshopper Club Zürich; on 20 August 2011, whilst at the service of the latter, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 away win against Servette FC, which meant he led the Super League's scoring charts at five in only six games.[2]

On 31 August 2011, Emeghara was sold to FC Lorient in France. He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 10 September, coming on as a substitute for Mathias Autret in a 1–1 draw at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and netting the equalizer two minutes from time.[3] He scored four more league goals until the end of his first season, adding two in the Coupe de la Ligue.

In January 2013 Emeghara moved teams and countries again, joining Italian side A.C. Siena.[4] He scored four goals in as many matches to kickstart his Serie A career, including a brace in a 3–0 home success over S.S. Lazio on 18 February;[5] his team, however, finally suffered relegation after ranking second from bottom.

For the 2013–14 campaign Emeghara continued in Italy's top flight, being loaned to A.S. Livorno Calcio.[6][7] On 31 March 2014, he contributed with one goal to help the hosts come from behind to tie it 2–2 with Inter Milan.[8]

In July 2014, Emeghara became a free agent after Siena went into liquidation.[9] On 11 October he signed a three-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Qarabağ,[10] but left on 5 January of the following year and began training with Winterthur,[11] before going on trial with HSV Hamburg the following week.[12]

Late into January 2015, Emeghara joined the San Jose Earthquakes.[13] He made his debut in the Major League Soccer on 8 March, playing one minute in a 0–1 away loss against FC Dallas.

International career

Emeghara opted to represent Switzerland internationally, and he made his debut on 4 June 2011 by playing one minute in a 2–2 draw in England for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers.[14]

Still in that year, he helped the under-21 team finish second at the 2011 UEFA European Championship, scoring in the 2–0 group stage win against Iceland.

Statistics

Club

As of 7 December 2014[15]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Switzerland League Swiss Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006–07 Zürich II 1. Liga Classic 6 2 0 0 — — 6 2
2007–08 15 5 0 0 — — 15 5
2008–09 26 9 0 0 — — 26 9
2009–10 Winterthur Challenge League 28 17 3 5 — — 31 22
2010–11 Grasshoppers Super League 33 9 4 1 — 2 0 39 10
2011–12 7 5 0 0 — — 7 5
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2011–12 Lorient Ligue 1 27 5 1 0 3 2 — 31 7
2012–13 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2012–13 Siena Serie A 17 7 0 0 — — 17 7
2013–14 Livorno 30 4 0 0 — — 30 4
Azerbaijan League Azerbaijan Cup Supercup Europe Total
2014–15[16] Qarabağ Premier League 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5
Country Switzerland 115 47 7 6 0 0 2 0 128 53
France 28 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 32 7
Italy 47 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 11
Azerbaijan 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5
Total 197 66 9 7 3 2 2 0 211 76

International

As of 23 March 2013[17]
Switzerland
Year Apps Goals
2011 5 0
2012 3 0
2013 1 0
Total 9 0

References

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External links

  • Innocent Emeghara at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Innocent Emeghara – FIFA competition record
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