Usim_Nduka

Nduka Usim

Nduka Usim

Azerbaijani footballer (born 1985)

Nduka Charles Usim (born 23 March 1985) is a retired footballer who played as a defender, most notably for AZAL in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Born in Nigeria, he represented Azerbaijan at international level.

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

Career

Club

Nduka began to play football in Nigeria for the youth teams. In 2004, he went on a trial for AZAL PFC and signed a one-year contract. For the next season he renewed his contract and made his debut in Azerbaijan Premier League. Since then Nduka plays for AZAL PFC becoming most capping player with more than 200 games.[1]

In July 2013, after 208 games for AZAL, Usim moved to TFF First League side Tavşanlı Linyitspor on a one-year contract.[2] After only six-months in Turkey, Usim signed a six-month contract with Simurq on 25 January 2014.[3]

International

In early 2007, Usim was called up to the Azerbaijan U21[4] Usim was called for Azerbaijan national football team for the games versus Finland and Belgium in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A. He also played during the 2010 World Cup qualifier matches.

After football

Following his retirement from football, Usim ran a construction business in Nigeria

He is also a Registered Intermediary of the Nigerian Football Federation.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 January 2014[6]
More information Club performance, League ...

International

More information Azerbaijan, Year ...

Statistics accurate as of 6 August 2014[15]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sadiqlik nümunəsi: Usim Nduka". Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. [2]
    "The Turkish club have confirmed the transfer of Usim Ndukanın". azerisport.com/az/. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Simurq Usim Nduka ilə müqavilə imzaladı". www.azerisport.com/az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Усим Ндука отстранен от молодежной сборной". azerisport.com (in Russian). Azerisport. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Ндука просится в АЗАЛ". azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azeri Football. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. [6]
    "U.Nduka". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  7. [7]
    "05/06 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  8. [8]
    "06/07 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  9. [9]
    "07/08 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  10. [10]
    "08/09 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  11. [11]
    "09/10 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  12. [12]
    "10/11 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  13. [13]
    "11/12 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. [14]
    "12/13 Season" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  15. [15]
    "Usim Nduka". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.


Flag of AzerbaijanSoccer icon

This biographical article relating to Azerbaijani association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Usim_Nduka, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.