Nnaemeka Anyamele

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nnaemeka Anyamele

| image = Nnaemeka Anyamele 2017.jpg

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|5|16|df=y}}{{UEFA player|250061026}}

| birth_place = Tornio, Finland

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Left-back, Winger

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| youthyears1 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs1 = Helsingin Ponnistus

| youthyears2 = 2008–2011 | youthclubs2 = HJK

| years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Klubi-04 | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2013–2014 | clubs2 = Honka | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = → Pallohonka (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2017 | clubs4 = HIFK | caps4 = 71 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = → Gnistan (loan) | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = Gnistan | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2022 | clubs8 = HIFK | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = EIF | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1= Finland U15| nationalcaps1= 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2013 | nationalteam2= Finland U19| nationalcaps2= 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2014 | nationalteam3= Finland U20| nationalcaps3= 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2014–2016 | nationalteam4= Finland U21| nationalcaps4= 12 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 8 October 2022

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Nnaemeka Anyamele (born 16 May 1994) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a left-back or winger. He has previously played for Klubi-04, FC Honka, Pallohonka, HIFK, Gnistan and EIF.

Club career

Anyamele spent his youth with Helsingin Ponnistus and HJK, before he joined Klubi-04. He made his Kakkonen debut with Klubi on 4 August 2011, coming on as a half-time substitute for Henri Lassila in a 5–0 win over Sudet at the Sonera Stadium.{{cite web|title=Klubi-04 vs. Sudet - 4 August 2011 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/04/finland/kakkonen/klubi-04---hjk-helsinki/sudet/1106077/|website=nr.soccerway.com|accessdate=24 November 2016}} He made four further appearances in the 2011 season, before scoring two goals in 20 appearances in the 2012 campaign. He scored his first goal in senior football on 21 April 2012, in a 6–0 home win over LoPa.{{cite web|title=Klubi-04 vs. LoPa - 21 April 2012 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/04/21/finland/kakkonen/klubi-04---hjk-helsinki/lohjan-pallo/1263517/|website=nr.soccerway.com|accessdate=24 November 2016}}

He joined Mika Lehkosuo's FC Honka of the Veikkausliiga for the 2013 season, and was loaned out to Pallohonka back in the Kakkonen. Honka finished as runners-up to HJK, with Anyamele scoring one goal in 12 league games. He won a regular first team place under new manager Shefki Kuqi during the 2014 campaign, scoring five goals in 37 games as the club were relegated in 11th-place. He also played twice in the UEFA Europa League, featuring in both legs of the club's 3–2 aggregate victory over Estonian side Sillamäe Kalev.{{cite web|title=Honka vs. Sillamäe Kalev - 10 July 2014 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/07/10/europe/uefa-cup/football-club-honka/jk-kalev-sillamae/1710481/|website=nr.soccerway.com|accessdate=24 November 2016}} Anyamele signed a two-year contract with HIFK in November 2014, and said that manager Jani Honkavaara's promise to play him at left-back convinced him to join the club.{{cite news|title=Nnaemeka Anyamele HIFK:n riveihin - HIFK Fotboll|url=http://hifkfotboll.fi/nnaemeka-anyamele-hifkn-riveihin/|accessdate=24 November 2016|work=HIFK Fotboll|date=10 November 2014|language=fi-FI}} He spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons at the club, scoring three goals in 53 games.

On 27 January 2022, Anyamele returned to HIFK.{{cite press release|publisher=HIFK|url=https://hifkfotboll.fi/2022/01/nnaemeka-anyamele-palaa-tahtirintoihin-on-ollut-tosi-kova-ikava-teita/|title=Nnaemeka Anyamele palaa tähtirintoihin – ”on ollut tosi kova ikävä teitä”|date=27 January 2022|access-date=27 January 2022|language=fi}} On 29 March 2022 his contract with HIFK was terminated.{{cite press release|publisher=HIFK|url=https://hifkfotboll.fi/2022/03/hifkn-uusimmat-pelaajauutiset-uusia-sopimuksia-lainoja-seka-purkuja/|title=HIFK:n uusimmat pelaajauutiset: uusia sopimuksia, lainoja sekä purkuja|date=29 March 2022|access-date=29 March 2022|language=fi}} On the next day, Anyamele signed with EIF in Ykkönen.{{cite press release|publisher=EIF|url=https://herrar.eiffotboll.fi/aktuellt/hall-tungan-ratt-i-munnen-anyamele-och-moihedja-till-eif/|title=HÅLL TUNGAN RÄTT I MUNNEN: MOIHEDJA OCH ANYAMELE TILL EIF|date=30 March 2022|access-date=30 March 2022|language=fi}}

International career

Anyamele is of Nigerian descent, but has represented Finland at youth-team level.{{cite news|title=HUU-TV: Anyamele haluaa murtautua Pikkuhuuhkajiin {{!}} Suomen Palloliitto|url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/maajoukkueet/huu-tv-anyamele-haluaa-murtautua-pikkuhuuhkajiin|accessdate=24 November 2016|work=palloliitto.fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110509/https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/maajoukkueet/huu-tv-anyamele-haluaa-murtautua-pikkuhuuhkajiin|archive-date=25 November 2016|url-status=dead}}

Statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Klubi-04 \|2011{{Soccerway\|nnaemeka-anyamele/185333}}	Kakkonen Group A	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2012	Kakkonen	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2
colspan="2"\|Total !25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
Pallohonka (loan) \|2013	Kakkonen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
rowspan="3"\|FC Honka \|2013	Veikkausliiga	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	1
2014	Veikkausliiga	31	4	1	0	5	1	2{{efn\|name=UEL\|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}	0	39	5
colspan="2"\|Total !43	5	1	0	7	1	2	0	53	6
rowspan="3"\|HIFK \|2015	Veikkausliiga	21	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	26	2
2016	Veikkausliiga	22	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	1
colspan="2"\|Total !43	2	1	0	9	1	0	0	53	3
IF Gnistan \|2016	Kakkonen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !118	9	2	0	16	1	2	0	138	10