Greg Etafia

Greg Etafia (born 30 September 1982) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper who plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Highlands Park.

Greg Etafia
Personal information
Full name Greg Etafia
Date of birth (1982-09-30) 30 September 1982
Place of birth Auchi, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Highlands Park
Number 34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 NUB Kaduna
2000–2001 Lobi Stars
2001–2003 Plateau United
2003–2015 Moroka Swallows 198 (0)
2019– Highlands Park 0 (0)
National team
2003 Nigeria 4 (0)
Teams managed
2016 Moroka Swallows (caretaker)
2016–2017 Cape Town All Stars
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:19, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Etafia played for Lobi Stars in the CAF Champions League and the Nigeria national under-23 football team which participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Etafia played for Moroka Swallows in South Africa from 2003 until 2015.

He has also been a member of the Nigeria national football team.

Coaching career

A few weeks after retiring in the summer 2015, it was announced that Etafia would continue at Moroka Swallows, but as a goalkeeper coach.[2] On 8 March 2016, Etafia was appointed caretaker manager of the club for the rest of the season.[3]

On 21 September 2016, Etafia moved to Cape Town All Stars, accepting a goalkeeper coaching position.[4] Two months later, at the end of October 2016, Etafia was appointed caretaker once again.[5] In his time in charge, Etafia moved All Stars off the bottom of the standings to the first position of safety in 14th place, while guiding the club to the last 32 of the Nedbank Cup. In the beginning of January 2017, the club announced that he would continue as the club's manager.[6] However, he left the club few days later.

In May 2017, he joined Baroka F.C. as a goalkeeper coach.[7] He left the club one year later, May 2018, when a new coach arrived with his own technical staff.[8]

Four years after retiring from playing football, Etafia signed with Highlands Park F.C. on 17 July 2019.[9]

References
  1. https://allafrica.com/stories/200008090241.html
  2. Etafia confirms new role at Swallows, sport24.co.za, 7 August 2015
  3. Greg Etafia named Moroka Swallows' caretaker coach, uk.sports.yahoo.com, 8 March 2016
  4. Greg Etafia appointed Cape Town All Stars goalkeeper coach, uk.sports.yahoo.com, 21 September 2016
  5. NFD: THE COACHES, psl.co.za, 11 November 2016
  6. All Stars trust in Etafia, kickoff.com, 7 January 2017
  7. Baroka Further Strengthen Technical Team, soccerladuma.co.za, 9 May 2017
  8. Etafia explains Baroka FC exit, kickoff.com, 16 May 2018
  9. Etafia comes out of retirement, signs for Highlands, citizen.co.za, 17 July 2019
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