Kingsley Madu

Kingsley Madu (born 12 December 1995) is a Nigerian football left-back who last played for Danish club Odense Boldklub. He is also a member of the Nigeria national football team.

Kingsley Madu
Madu at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995[1]
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
GBS Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
El-Kanemi Warriors
2014–2016 AS Trenčín 60 (3)
2016–2019 Zulte Waregem 15 (0)
2019 → KSV Roeselare (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 OB 1 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Nigeria U20 10 (0)
2015– Nigeria 2 (0)
2016 Nigeria Olympic 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:23, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

He started at El-Kanemi Warriors F.C.. On 13 January 2014 Madu signed with Moses Simon a three-year contract with the Slovakian club AS Trenčín.[3][4] on 30 August 2016 he signed a three-year contract with Zulte Waregem.[5]

On 21 August 2019, Madu joined Danish Superliga club Odense on a one-year contract.[6] Madu was released by Odense on 22 May 2020, having only made one appearance for the club.[7]

International career

He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Honours

Club
AS Trenčín[9]
Zulte Waregem

International
Nigeria

References
  1. MADU KINGSLEY Archived 2014-03-08 at Archive.today 08.03.2014, corgonliga.sk
  2. Kingsley Madu Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. "Nigeria News". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. "Mladí Nigérijčania podpísali s AS Trenčín zmluvy na tri roky | ProFutbal.sk" (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. -Waregem / article / detail / 2844210/2016/08/30 / Zulte-Waregem-welcomes-two-new-spelers.dhtml Zulte Waregem welcomes two new players hln.be, 30 August 2016
  6. OB skriver kontrakt med Kingsley Madu, ob.dk, 21 August 2019
  7. , ob.dk, 22 May 2020
  8. Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. "Nigeria – K. Madu – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Zulte Waregem win second Belgian Cup". uefa.com. 18 March 2017.


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