Henry Onyekuru

Henry Onyekuru
Personal information
Full name Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997
Place of birth Onitsha, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Galatasaray (on loan from Everton)
Number 21
Youth career
2010–2015 Aspire Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Eupen 57 (28)
2017– Everton 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Anderlecht (loan) 19 (9)
2018– → Galatasaray (loan) 3 (2)
National team‡
2017– Nigeria 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:21, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru (born 5 June 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Galatasaray, on loan from Premier League club Everton, and the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Eupen

Onyekuru began his football career with the Aspire Academy in 2010, and graduated in 2015 joining their partner club, K.A.S. Eupen.[2] He made his debut for Eupen on 5 September 2015 in a 2–2 tie against K.F.C. Dessel Sport in the Belgian Second Division.[3] Onyekuru helped the team get promoted to the Belgian First Division A in his debut season, and made his professional debut in a 3–0 loss on 30 July 2016 against S.V. Zulte Waregem.[4] After a successful season in the Belgium first division, Onyekuru finished as one of the top scorers in the league, catching the attention of various larger teams in Europe.[5] He finished the 2016–17 season as joint top-scorer with 22 goals, but the trophy was handed to Łukasz Teodorczyk as he scored more away goals than Onyekuru.[6]

Everton

On 30 June 2017, Onyekuru joined Everton for £7 million and was immediately sent on loan to Anderlecht.[7] Onyekuru had been handed the number 9 jersey at Anderlecht for the 2017–18 campaign.[8]

Having scored 10 goals in 28 matches for Anderlecht, Onyekuru suffered a knee ligament injury in December which would require surgery. Anderlecht announced surgery would be necessary and that he would be out of action "for several months".[9] In January 2018, it was reported that Onyekuru would return to Anderlecht after rehabilitation and full recovery.[10]

In July 2018, Onyekuru joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan.[11] The loan fee paid to Everton was reported as £700,000.[12]

International career

Onyekuru was called up for the Super Eagles camp in May 2017.[13] He made his senior debut for Nigeria in a 3–0 friendly win over Togo on 1 June 2017.[14]

Career statistics

As of 25 January 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eupen 2015–16 Belgian Second Division 19600———196
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 382232———4124
Total 572832———6030
Everton 2017–18 Premier League 000000——00
Total 000000000000
Anderlecht (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 19921—6[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]02810
Total 19921—60102810
Career total 7637530060108840
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Belgian Super Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists". Premier League. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ↑ PageOne (5 January 2017). "Henry Onyekuru - From National Stadium to Stardom - PageOne.ng".
  3. ↑ "Dessel Sport vs. AS Eupen - 5 september 2015 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Zulte-Waregem vs. AS Eupen - 30 juli 2016 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Celtic, RB Leipzig eyeing KAS Eupen's Henry Onyekuru - Sources".
  6. ↑ "Łukasz Teodorczyk królem strzelców". www.90minut.pl.
  7. ↑ "Henry Onyekuru: Everton sign Nigeria striker and loan him to Anderlecht". BBC Sport. 30 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Incoming Everton striker Onyekuru handed new squad number". LiverpoolEcho. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Everton Youngster Onyekuru Set for 8-Month Spell on Sidelines With Knee Injury". Sports Illustrated. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Onyekuru returns to Anderlecht after recovery from Injury". The Guardian (Nigeria). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Henry Onyekuru: Everton striker joins Galatasaray on loan". BBC Sport. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Everton's Henry Onyekuru joins Galatasaray on season-long loan". Sky Sports. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Onyekuru gets Nigeria call". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  14. ↑ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  15. ↑ Henry Onyekuru at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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