Emeka Emerun

Emeka Emerun (born 11 November 1994) is a Nigerian football player who plays for FK Budućnost Dobanovci in the Serbian First League.

Emeka Emerun
Personal information
Full name Emeka Emerun Christ
Date of birth (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994
Place of birth Owerri, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker or left-winger
Club information
Current team
 Budućnost Dobanovci
Youth career
2010–2011 FC Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 FC Bayern Munich II
2012–2014 CA Bizertin 1 (0)
2013 → Espérance Tunis (loan)
2014 → Olympique Béja (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Sloboda Užice 43 (6)
2017 Radnički Pirot 10 (5)
2018-2019 Budućnost Dobanovci 25 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2018

Club career

Born in Owerri,[1] 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.[2] He played with Bayern Munich Junior Team in the 2011–12 Under 19 Bundesliga.[3] 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.[4] He played on loan at Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 2013.[5] He left Tunisia by the end of 2014 after having played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with Bizertin and Olympique Béja.[6] He returned to Europe and signed with Serbian side FK Sloboda Užice in summer 2015.[2]

Personal life

His mother, Teresa Emerun, was a professional footballer. He has four brothers and four sisters, and the four brothers all play football as well.[2]

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


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