Kingsley Umunegbu
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kingsley Ebete Umunegbu
| image =
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| fullname = Kingsley Ebete Umunegbu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zaria, Nigeria
| height = {{Height|m=1.78|precision=0}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Ospedaletto Euganeo
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| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = US Arcella
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Milan
| years1 = 2007–2011 | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Milan
| years2 = 2008–2009 | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Salernitana (loan)
| years3 = 2009 | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = → Portogruaro (loan)
| years4 = 2009–2010 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Varese (loan)
| years5 = 2010–2011 | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Renate (loan)
| years6 = 2011–2012 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = Chiasso
| years7 = 2012 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Milan (loan)
| years8 = 2012 | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Bologna
| years9 = 2012–2013 | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Boussu
| years10 = 2016–2017 | caps10= 18 | goals10= 2 | clubs10= Tavşanlı Linyitspor
| years11 = 2017–2018 | caps11= 16 | goals11= 2 | clubs11= US Arcella
| years12 = 2018–2019 | caps12= 24 | goals12= 4 | clubs12= Thermal Teolo
| years13 = 2019 | caps13= 10 | goals13= 2 | clubs13= Sarcedo Calcio
| years14 = 2019–2021 | caps14= | goals14= | clubs14= ACD Villafranchese
| years15 = 2021– | caps15= | goals15= | clubs15= Ospedaletto Euganeo
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| pcupdate = 17:02, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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Kingsley Ebete Umunegbu(born 28 October 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio.
Career
After playing in their youth team, Umunegbu made his official debut for Milan in a Coppa Italia game against Catania on 20 December 2007, coming off the bench at half time.{{cite news |title=Colpaccio del Catania a San Siro. Battuto 2-1 il Milan delle riserve |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2007/12/sezioni/sport/calcio/coppa-italia-milan-catania/coppa-italia-milan-catania/coppa-italia-milan-catania.html |newspaper=la Repubblica |date=20 December 2007 |accessdate=11 August 2010 |language=Italian}}
For the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to Serie B club Salernitana.{{cite news |title=Tre colpi per la Salernitana |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php?action=read&id=112997 |author=Graziano Maggiore |work=tuttomercatoweb.com |date=11 July 2008 |accessdate=17 July 2008 |language=Italian}} He left the club after only six months,{{cite news |title=Acquistato Ledesma, ceduto Umunegbu |url=http://www.salernitana1919.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=868&Itemid=114 |work=salernitana1919.com |publisher=Salernitana Calcio 1919 |date=2 February 2009 |accessdate=2 February 2009 |language=Italian}} due to lack of playing time, and was subsequently loaned to Prima Divisione side Portogruaro.{{cite news |title=Ufficiale: Portogruaro, dal Milan ecco Kingsley Umunegbu |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=139616 |work=tuttomercatoweb.com |date=3 February 2009 |accessdate=3 February 2009 |language=Italian}} The following season, he was sent on loan to Varese,{{cite news |title=Ufficiale: Varese, triplo colpo |url=http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=159868 |author=Andrea Losapio |work=tuttomercatoweb.com |date=8 July 2009 |accessdate=8 July 2009 |language=Italian}} but finished the season with no league appearances. At the start of the 2010–11 season he was loaned out again, this time to Seconda Divisione club Renate.
At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Umunegbu signed for Chiasso on a free transfer, but during the January transfer window he came back to Milan as they needed a player to fill in their second non-EU spot, which otherwise would have been lost.{{cite news |title=Official A.C. Milan press release |url=http://www.acmilan.com/en/news/breaking_news_show/20730 |work=acmilan.com |publisher=Associazione Calcio Milan |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=31 January 2012}}{{cite news |title=Ufficiale: Umunegbu torna al Milan |url=http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=72229 |author=Pietro Mazzara |work=milannews.it |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=31 January 2012 |language=Italian}}
On 26 July 2012, Umunegbu signed for Bologna on a free transfer.{{cite web |title=Summer transfers |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/calcio-mercato?p_p_id=BDC_calciomercato_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_BDC_calciomercato_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_flagEstivo=true |work=legaseriea.it |publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A |accessdate=28 July 2012}} However the deal also cost Bologna €175,000. Umunegbu immediately transferred to Belgian club Boussu for free.Bologna FC 1909 SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] {{in lang|it}}
After a spell in Turkey,[https://www.calcioturco.com/news/turchia/serie-minori/tavsanli-linyitspor-preso-lex-milan-e-portogruaro-kingsley-umunegbu-11460.html Tavşanlı Linyitspor: preso l’ex Milan e Portogruaro Kingsley Umunegbu], calcioturco.com, 19 October 2016 Umunegbu returned to Italy and re-joined US Arcella in the Italian Promozione, the club he played for as a child.[http://calcio.usarcella.com/gol-allalbignasego-due-punti-rosicchiati-alla-capolista-allarcella-sara-un-buon-natale/ SEI GOL ALL’ALBIGNASEGO E DUE PUNTI ROSICCHIATI ALLA CAPOLISTA: ALL’ARCELLA SARÀ UN BUON NATALE!], calcio.usarcella.com, 17 December 2019 He then moved to Thermal Abano Teolo in the Prima Categoria for the 2018-19 season.[https://www.tuttocampo.it/2018-19/Veneto/PrimaCategoria/GironeE/Squadra/ThermalTeolo/936428/Rosa Thermal Teolo - Rosa Squadra - Veneto - 2018-19], tuttocampo.it In the summer 2019 he joined Sarcedo Calcio. However, he left the club again a few months later due to the long distance between his home in Padua and Sarcedo.[https://www.tuttocampo.it/Veneto/VI/News/1340795/calciomercato-sarcedo-i-rossoneri-svincolano-la-punta-kingsley-umunegbu Sarcedo transfer market, the Rossoneri release the Kingsley Umunegbu striker], tuttocampo.it, 7 November 2019 In December 2019, he then joined Promozione club ACD Villafranchese.[https://www.tuttocampo.it/Veneto/Promozione/GironeB/Giocatore/Scheda/7921683/Carriera Profile at TuttoCampo], tuttocampo.it
For the 2021-22 season, Umunegbu joined Italian Prima Categoria club Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio.
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [http://aic.football.it/scheda/20220/umunegbu-kingsley.htm Profile] at Assocalciatori.it {{in lang|it}}
- [https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1945513 Kingsley Umunegbu] at TFF
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Category:Nigerian men's footballers
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Category:Challenger Pro League players
Category:US Salernitana 1919 players
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Category:Bologna FC 1909 players
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Category:TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Kaduna State
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
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