Anthony Ujah

Anthony Ujah 2011

Anthony Ujah ( born October 14, 1990 in Ugbokolo ) is a Nigerian football player. The striker is at the 1 FC Cologne under contract.

Career

Ujah played in Nigeria for Abuja and Warri Wolves FC. In February 2010, he completed a trial with Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK, after the end of which he signed a four year contract. At the Club, in which also his countryman Nosa Igiebor was under contract, he quickly established himself in the starting lineup and scored on his second stake in the game against Tromsø IL his first goal in Northern Europe. In the course of the season he pushed the record player and goal scorers Arild Sundgot as a striker and was one of the guarantors for the achievement of the tenth table space. With 14 goals this season, he placed himself on a par with Steffen Iversen and Petter Vaagan Moen behind the summer to Germany impersonated Mohammed Abdellaoue and scorer Baye Djiby Fall in third place scorer of the season 2010. At the beginning of the following season he showed his goal threat and scored when 7-0 away win at the 2008 champion Stabæk Fotball four goals. Then he met regularly and sat down after another four goals in a 4-2 win against Strømsgodset IF at the top of the scoring list fixed, after his departure in the summer but he was ousted from the top and lay on the end of the season with 13 goals four goals behind top scorer Mustafa Abdellaoue.

For the 2011/12 season Ujah moved to Bundesliga 1 FSV Mainz 05 He signed a contract there until 2015. November 4, 2011, he made ​​the 3-1 win against VfB Stuttgart his first two Bundesliga goals for Mainz. In the rest of the season he did not come to Maxim Choupo -Moting, Ádám Szalai, Sami Allagui and the fetched during the winter break from Borussia Dortmund Mohamed Zidan on the offensive over; until end of season remained this is his only goal. Overall, he had hitherto denied twelve league games for Mainz.

At the end of the summer transfer window Ujah was borrowed from the 31 August 2012 for one season on the 1st FC Cologne. Under coach Holger Stanislawski, he debuted on Matchday 5 in the 2nd Bundesliga. The team had found himself after a poor start to the season with six games without a win early in the season in the basement table, he wore as a regular scorer - in his 28 season operations in which he stood each in the starting lineup, he scored as within the association 's top scorer with 13 goals - to catch up with who still hope made ​​his comeback at the club in the last third of the season. After just one win from their last four games of the season but it was enough for the team to service providers such as Miso Brečko, Christian Clemens, Dominic Maroh and Timo Horn on points with fourth-placed FSV Frankfurt only for fifth place.

In the summer 2013, the first FC Cologne Ujah committed with fixed four-year contract.

Internationally

Ujah has played two games for the Nigerian U-23 selection. He was appointed by the Nigerian Football Association in the national squad for the Africa Cup 2013 in South Africa. He rejected this offer, however, to focus with the 1st FC Cologne in the second half.

On 1 June 2013, finally won his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly against Mexico when he came on in the 45th minutes for Joseph Akpala.

He also participated with Nigeria at the Confed Cup 2013 in Brazil in part.

Play

Ujah is considered as the penalty area player who is agile despite massive body and can rotate around its opponent. He also has a good positional play and often finds the right position for Pits.

Social Commitment

Since 2013, Anthony Ujah Show Racism the Red is involved in card - Germany eV and participated in the campaign our team against racism.

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