Hugo Enyinnaya

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugo Enyinnaya

| fullname = Ugochukwu Michael Enyinnaya

| image = Hugo Enyinnaya.JPG

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warri, Nigeria

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1997–1998 | clubs1 = Dolphins FC

| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = Eagle Cement

| caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = FC Ebedei

| caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1998–1999 | clubs4 = Molenbeek

| caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 6

| years5 = 1999–2002 | clubs5 = Bari

| caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = → Livorno (loan)

| caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2

| years8 = 2004 | clubs8 = → Foggia (loan)

| caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2004–2005 | clubs9 = Górnik Zabrze

| caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2005–2006 | clubs10 = Lechia Zielona Góra

| caps10 = | goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2006–2008 | clubs11 = Odra Opole

| caps11 = 53 | goals11 = 17

| years12 = 2009 | clubs12 = Anziolavinio

| caps12 = | goals12 =

| years13 = 2009–2010 | clubs13 = Meda

| caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2010–2011 | clubs14 = Zagarolo

| caps14 = | goals14 =

| nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Ugochukwu Michael "Hugo" Enyinnaya (born 8 May 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Enyinnaya started his career with Eagle Cement, where he made his debut at the age of 16. He was then loaned out to FC Ebedei, being subsequently signed in the summer of 1998 by Belgian Second Division side Molenbeek. Noted by Carlo Regalia, scout of then-Serie A club Bari, he was then signed in 1999 by the galletti in a 200mln ₤ bid, and initially joined the Under-20 Primavera squad, where he formed a striking partnership with a young Antonio Cassano. He marked his Serie A debut on 17 October 1999 in a home match against Torino. On 18 December he was first featured in the starting lineup, together with Cassano, in a home league match against Internazionale, which ended in a surprising 2–1 win for Bari thanks to goals from Enyinnaya (a 30-meter shot during the 7th minute) and a late winner by Cassano.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/03/golden-goal-hugo-enyinnaya-for-bari-v-internazionale-1999 |title=Golden Goal: Hugo Enyinnaya for Bari v Internazionale (1999) |date=3 August 2020 |publisher=Guardian |access-date=3 August 2020}}

Enyinnaya later failed to gain a spot in the regular lineup, unlike Cassano. In 2002 he was loaned to Serie B side Livorno, where he scored only two goals in 17 matches. He returned to Bari in 2003, but failed to impress, being loaned again, this time to Serie C1's Foggia, in January 2004. In July 2004 his contract expired, and Enyinnaya subsequently joined Górnik Zabrze under request by then-chairman Marek Koźmiński. Adaptation difficulties however affected his performances, and Enyinnaya played only five times with the Polish side. He then moved to third-tier club Lechia Zielona Góra in 2005 and after that, to Odra Opole in 2006.

In January 2009 Enyinnaya returned to Italy by accepting an offer from amateur Eccellenza club A.S.D. Anziolavinio. In July 2009 he moved to another Eccellenza club, Meda.{{cite news|url=http://www.cittadimeda1913.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14:comunicato-num-4&catid=2:comunicati-stampa&Itemid=6|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723042630/http://www.cittadimeda1913.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14%3Acomunicato-num-4&catid=2%3Acomunicati-stampa&Itemid=6|archivedate=2011-07-23|title=Www.cittadimeda1913.net Citta+di+meda }}

References

Sources

{{cite web|url=http://tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php?action=read&id=70063|accessdate=2007-09-23|date=2007-08-02|title=Hugo Enyinnaya, la perla nera del Bari|language=Italian|publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb}}
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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Igbo sportspeople

Category:Nigerian men's footballers

Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Footballers from Warri

Category:Dolphin F.C. (Nigeria) players

Category:F.C. Ebedei players

Category:R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players

Category:SSC Bari players

Category:US Livorno 1915 players