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Emanuel Emegha

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Emanuel Emegha
Emegha playing for Sturm Graz in 2022
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Esseh Emegha[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Strasbourg
Number 10
Youth career
KRSV Vredenburch
0000–2020 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Jong Sparta 5 (1)
2020–2022 Sparta Rotterdam 38 (3)
2022 Antwerp 1 (0)
2022–2023 Sturm Graz 31 (9)
2023– Strasbourg 35 (11)
International career
2015 Netherlands U15 1 (0)
2021–2023 Netherlands U19 7 (5)
2023 Netherlands U20 1 (2)
2023– Netherlands U21 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Emanuel Esseh Emegha (born 3 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Club career

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Emegha started his professional career at Sparta Rotterdam in 2020. In his first season he played 16 matches. In the 2021–22 season, he appeared in every match until January. On 31 January 2022, Emegha signed a five-year contract with Royal Antwerp in Belgium.[2] In August 2022, after having played only a few minutes for Antwerp, he moved to Sturm Graz in Austria and signed a contract for 4 years there.[3]

International career

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Born in the Netherlands to a Togolese father and Nigerian mother, he is a youth international for the Netherlands.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 6 October 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Sparta 2019–20 Tweede Divisie 2 1 2 1
2020–21 Tweede Divisie 3 0 3 0
Total 5 1 5 1
Sparta Rotterdam 2020–21 Eredivisie 17 1 1 0 0 0 18 1
2021–22 Eredivisie 19 2 2 0 0 0 21 2
Total 36 3 3 0 0 0 39 3
Antwerp 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Sturm Graz 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 27 9 4 0 5[c] 1 36 10
Strasbourg 2023–24 Ligue 1 28 8 3 1 31 9
2024–25 Ligue 1 7 3 0 0 7 3
Total 35 11 2 0 38 12
Career total 105 24 10 1 5 1 0 0 120 26

Honours

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Sturm Graz

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile".
  2. ^ "THE GREAT OLD VERSTERKT ZICH MET EMANUEL EMEGHA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Emanuel Emegha unterschreibt in Graz". SK Sturm (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Emanuel Emegha, 17, on top of the world after Sparta Rotterdam start". Score Nigeria. 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Emanuel Emegha Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.