Blessing Kaku

{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Blessing Kaku

| image =

| fullname = Blessing Kaku

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ughelli, Nigeria

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1= 1994

| youthclubs1= Steel Pioneers

| years1 = 1996–1997 | years2 = 1997–1998 | years3 = 1998–1999 | years4 = 1999–2000 | years5 = 2000–2002 | years6 = 2002–2003 | years7 = 2003–2004 | years8 = 2004 | years9 = 2005 | years10 = 2005 | years11 = 2006 | years12 = 2006–2008 | years13 =2008–2009

| clubs1 = Sharks F.C. | clubs2 = SV Braunau | clubs3 = RWD Molenbeek | clubs4 = KRC Harelbeke | clubs5 = K.R.C. Genk | clubs6 = Hapoel Be'er-Sheva | clubs7 = F.C. Ashdod | clubs8 = Bolton Wanderers | clubs9 = Derby County | clubs10 = Maccabi Tel Aviv | clubs11 = F.C. Ashdod | clubs12 = Maccabi Petah Tikva | clubs13 =Enosis Neon Paralimni

| caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 5 | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 42 | goals6 = 11 | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 4 | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0 | caps10 = 8 | goals10 = 1 | caps11 = 18 | goals11 = 3 | caps12 = 58 | goals12 = 4 | caps13 = 11 | goals13 = 1

| totalcaps = 235

| totalgoals = 29

| nationalyears1= 2000–2004

| nationalteam1= Nigeria

| nationalcaps1= 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 30 October 2008

| ntupdate = 31 August 2006

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Blessing Kaku (born 5 March 1978) is a former Nigerian international football player, who was a member of the national squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He spent most of his time in Israel playing for multiple clubs (Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv, F.C. Ashdod, Maccabi Petah Tikva). He also played for Cyprus-based club Enosis Neon Paralimni and Belgian side K.R.C. Genk. He also played in England for Bolton Wanderers, and Derby County but failed to make an impact in his short spells with both of the English clubs.