Saturday Erimuya

Saturday Keigo Erimuya (born 10 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Cádiz CF B as a defender.[1]

Saturday Erimuya
Personal information
Full name Saturday Keigo Erimuya
Date of birth (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Cádiz B
Number 4
Youth career
2010–2016 BJ Foundation
2016–2018 Cádiz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 BJ Foundation
2016 → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) 3 (0)
2018– Cádiz B 63 (7)
2019– Cádiz 0 (0)
National team
2016 Nigeria U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:32, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Between January 2016 and June 2016, Erimuya spent time on loan at Kayseri Erciyesspor in Turkey from Benin-City based BJ Foundation. He was relegated from the 2015–16 TFF First League with the club.[2]

On 26 December 2016, Erimuya signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Cádiz CF.[3] On September 16, 2019 he prolonged his contract with the Andalusian club till 2023.[4]

International career

Erimuya was selected by Nigeria for their 18-man Squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament.[5] He played in one game during the tournament, the bronze medal match against Honduras which Nigeria won 3–2. He was a 92nd minute replacement for Mohammed Usman.

References
  1. Saturday Erimuya at Soccerway
  2. "WHO IS NIGERIA UNDER 23 INVITEE SATURDAY KEIGO ERIMUYA? 10 FACTS ABOUT THE 18 YEAR OLD". Own Goal Nigeria. 27 February 2016.
  3. "Pina traslada su 'fábrica' a Cádiz" [Pina moves his 'factory' to Cádiz] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. Cádiz, Diario de (16 September 2019). "Saturday amplía su contrato hasta 2023". Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. Saturday Erimuya – FIFA competition record


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