Christian Omeruo

Christian Omeruo (born 13 December 1992 in Ikwuano) is a Nigerian professional football player who has played for Nigeria Premier League teams and Nigeria U-20.

Christian Omeruo
Personal information
Full name Omeruo Christian Obinna
Date of birth (1992-12-13) December 13, 1992
Place of birth Ikwuano, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2006 Karamone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 COD United F.C. 24 (16)
2013–2015 Sunshine Stars F.C. 39 (24)
2015–2018 Kwara United F.C. 26 (13)
2019 Istiqlol 21 (16)
2020– Kwara United F.C.
National team
2012–2013 Nigeria U-20 12 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 November 2014

Career

Christian Omeruo is a both footed Striker and was discovered by Karamone. He started his professional league football debut with COD United F.C. in 2012/13 season, later signed for Sunshine Stars F.C.[1] and played between 2013 and 2015 Nigeria Premier League season due to his great performances for COD United F.C.. He signed a year contract with Kwara United F.C. in the 2015/16 league season. He was invited to the Nigeria U-20 in 2012 and has made 12 caps with 4 goals for the national team in friendly games, championship tournament and qualifier games. He was on the verge of joining some Asian, North Africa and European teams but Sunshine Stars F.C. transfer fee was too high because he was the target Striker Goalscorer of the team and leading top scorer in the league. He scored braces and lone goal for his teams as one of the brace was against Kano Pillars.

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