Christopher Kanu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Ogbonnaya Kanu | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Eagle Cement | ||
| 1995–1996 | Ajax Amsterdam | ||
| 1996–1997 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2002 | Ajax | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → AC Lugano (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Deportivo Alavés (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2002–2003 | Top Oss | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2005 | Peterborough United | 27 | (0) |
| 2006 | Wingate & Finchley | 1 | (1) |
| 2006– | Eagle Cement | 184 | (9) |
| 2009– | → Owerri Stampede (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2002 | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 September 2007 | |||
Christopher Ogbonna Kanu (born 4 December 1979) is a retired Nigerian football defender.
Career
His current career goal tally stands at 10 goals in 317 league games for 8 different clubs. An 11th strike, which was not scored in a league game, proved to be a match winner for his old club Sparta Rotterdam in an early UEFA Cup knockout round against Hamburger SV in 2002. The other 9 have all been notched for Nigerian club Eagle Cement in the league, and the tenth goal came on his league debut for Owerri Stampede Nigeria FC.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of former Portsmouth and Arsenal FC striker Nwankwo Kanu. In addition he is the stepbrother of Oghab midfielder Anderson "Anders" Gabolalmo Kanu and Henry Isaac.[1] He has 2 kids from a previous marriage. He is married to fashion entrepreneur, Laura Ikeji. They have one child together, a son named Ryan Ogbonna Kanu, who was born on July 19th, 2017, in Texas, USA.
Trials
- 2002 TOP Oss
- 2003 Peterborough United
- 2005 Queens Park Rangers F.C.
- 2005 Millwall F.C.
- 2005 Dagenham and Redbridge F.C.
- 2005 Esbjerg fB
- 2005 Barnet F.C.
- 2006 Odd Grenland
- 2006 Stevenage F.C.
- 2006 IFK Mariehamn
- 2007 HJK Helsinki
- 2007 A.F.C. Bournemouth
- 2008 Aldershot Town
- 2009 Stampede
International career
In 2000 Christopher made his international debut for Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier against Eritrea.
References
- ↑ Wenczel und Nwosu zum SVW? Archived 20 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Christopher Kanu at Soccerbase
