William Troost-Ekong

William Troost-Ekong
Troost-Ekong training with Nigeria in 2015
Personal information
Full name William Paul Troost-Ekong
Date of birth (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 5
Youth career
SV Overbos
Fulham
0000–2013 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 FC Groningen 2 (0)
2014–2015 → FC Dordrecht (loan) 34 (0)
2015–2017 Gent 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Haugesund (loan) 37 (4)
2017–2018 Bursaspor 32 (3)
2018– Udinese 2 (0)
National team‡
2011 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2013 Netherlands U20 2 (0)
2016 Nigeria U23 6 (0)
2015– Nigeria 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:51, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2018

William Paul Troost-Ekong (born 1 September 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian club Udinese.

Born in the Netherlands into a mixed Dutch and Nigerian family and being eligible for both Netherlands and Nigeria in international football, he opted to represent the latter.

Club career

After playing football at youth level in England for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur,[2] Troost-Ekong began his senior career in the Netherlands with FC Groningen and FC Dordrecht.[1][3]

After being linked abroad with transfers to Celtic among others,[2] he signed for Belgian club KAA Gent in July 2015, immediately joining Norwegian club FK Haugesund on loan.[4]

In July 2017, Troost-Ekong signed for Turkish club Bursaspor of the Süper Lig.[5]

On 17 August 2018, Troost-Ekong joined to Italian Serie A club Udinese.[6]

International career

Troost-Ekong with Nigeria in 2017 against Argentina

Troost-Ekong was born in the Netherlands to a Nigerian father, and Dutch mother Eleanore Troost. He represented the Netherlands at under-19 and under-20 youth levels.[2]

He made his senior international debut for Nigeria on 13 June 2015, playing 90 minutes in an AFCON qualifier against Chad.[7]

He made 3 starts for the senior team in 2016 before being selected by Nigeria's under-23 team in their 35-man provisional squad for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 June 2018.[10]
Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201540
201650
201770
201881
Total241

International goals

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 May 2018Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria DR Congo1–01–1Friendly

References

  1. 1 2 William Troost-Ekong at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Celtic eye Groningen defender William Troost-Ekong". The Scotsman. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (28 July 2015). "Nigerian defender William Troost-Ekong joins Gent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bursaspor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi". www.bursaspor.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Udinese, ingaggiato Troost-Ekong" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  10. ↑ "William Troost-Ekong". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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