Kennedy Igboananike
 Igboananike playing for Djurgården | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 26, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AIK | ||
| Number | - | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Dynamo Football Academy | ||
| 2007 | Djurgården | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Djurgården | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Vasalunds IF | 51 | (30) |
| 2010–2012 | Djurgården | 62 | (15) |
| 2013- | AIK | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2012 | |||
Kennedy Igboananike (born February 26, 1989 in Nigeria) is a striker, who plays for Allsvenskan outfit AIK.
Career
Igboananike began his career with Dynamos Football Academy. He joined Djurgårdens IF in 2007 but was only capped twice during his time at the club, he played his first game on 19 June 2007 against Hammarby IF.[1] He moved on trial to IK Brage but was not signed.[2] In January 2008 he was contracted with Vasalunds IF and went on to become the top scorer of the Division 1 Norra in 2008.[2] As of the 2010 season he returned to Djurgården.[3] He scored in his comeback away against BK Häcken, when he equalized the score to 1–1 in the match which Djurgården ultimately lost 2–1. Igboananike was Djurgården's top scorer in the 2010 season, scoring a total of nine goals in 27 games.[4]
On 15 November 2012, AIK announced they had signed a three-year deal with Igboainanike.
Career statistics
Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2007||rowspan="1"|Djurgården||Allsvenskan||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |2008||rowspan="2"|Vasalund||Division 1 Norra||25||18||-||-||colspan="2"|-||-||-||25||18 |- |2009||Superettan||26||12||-||-||colspan="2"|-||-||-||26||12 |- |2010||rowspan="3"|Djurgården||Allsvenskan||27||9||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||10 |- |2011||Allsvenskan||28||6||2||1||colspan="2"|-||-||-||30||7 |- |2012||Allsvenskan||5||0||-||-||colspan="2"|-||-||-||5||0 Template:Football player statistics 3113||45||4||2||colspan="2"|-||-||-||117||47 Template:Football player statistics end
Honours
- 2008: Top Scorer Division 1 Norra
- 2010: Top Scorer for Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan
References
- ^ Jonas Riedel (20 June 2007). "Hammarby IF - Djurgården". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ a b Larne Wallisson (5 June 2009). "Igboananike vill bli Superettans skyttekung". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "Djurgården värvar tillbaka jättetalangen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 15 December 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ Månsson, Oskar (24 November 2010). "Kennedy stannar i Djurgården". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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