Place of birth Onitsha, Nigeria Name Austin Ejide Career start 1999 Years Team Weight 90 kg | Number 1 Height 1.89 m Playing position Role Goalkeeper | |
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Full name Augustine Amamchukwu Ejide Date of birth (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 31) Current teams Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. (#1 / Goalkeeper), Nigeria national football team (Goalkeeper) Similar People Stephen Keshi, Lars Lagerback, Daniel Amokachi, Philippe Troussier | ||
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Augustine "Austin" Amamchukwu Ejide (born 8 April 1984) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper who plays for Israeli club Hapoel Hadera. His name, Amamchukwu, means "I know God".
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- Club career
- International career
- References
Born in Onitsha, Anambra State, Ejide has played for Gabros International and SC Bastia in Corsica, which competes in Ligue 2 of the French Football League. He played for Israeli Premier side Hapoel Be'er Sheva until May 2015, and is now a free agent.
Nigerian goalkeeper austin ejide throws ball into his net in a match fixing alegation
Club career
Ejide started his career with Gabros International where he had an amazing season before joining Étoile du Sahel. With the Tunisian club, he reached two CAF Champions League finals. In 2006, Ejide joined SC Bastia of the French Ligue 2, where he spent three years before moving to Israeli team Hapoel Petah Tikva. Where he rescued the team from relegation. Ejide moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 2012, where he played until the end of the 20142015 season.
International career
Ejide made his debut for Nigeria against Namibia on 16 June 2001. He has been named in three FIFA World Cup squads: 2002 in Japan and South Korea, 2010 in South Africa, and 2014 in Brazil. He has also been a member of the Super Eagles' squad at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2013, winning the competition in the latter. In 2013, he was selected for Nigeria's squad at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
In the 2008, Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana, Nigeria coach Berti Vogts selected Ejide as first choice goalkeeper, ahead of Vincent Enyeama, in all of Super Eagles' four matches. On 21 January 2008, he played his first AFCON game as Nigeria lost 2–1 to Côte d'Ivoire in the first match of Group B. However, he kept clean sheets in Nigeria’s 0–0 draw with Mali and 2–0 win over Benin.