Innocent Emeghara

Innocent Emeghara 2012

Innocent Emeghara (born 29 May 1989) is a Nigerian- Swiss football player. Since May 2011, he plays on the position of forward in the Swiss national team.

Playing career

Association

The Nigerian-born came at the age of 13 years in Switzerland by Winterthur and played during his youth at FC Töss, FC Winterthur and FC Zurich. From the season 2006/ 07 he came to the first league, the third division of Switzerland, for the U-21 team of FC Zurich used. Over the next three seasons, he was after all more sorties in the 1st League and in the 2008/ 09 season, he made ​​the jump to the root formation, but it was never used in the first team of FC Zurich in the Super League.

For the 2009/10 season Emeghara moved to FC Winterthur in the Challenge League, which immediately succeeded the breakthrough. He finished the season with Frédéric Besseyre Stade Nyonnais with 17 league goals in fourth place in the scoresheet. Thus, it was interesting for the teams from the Super League and the Grasshopper Club Zurich took him in July 2010 under contract. The Hoppers he impressed immediately after his arrival by his tremendous speed. In August 2011, he scored in the away match against Servette Geneva his first hat-trick in the Super League.

End of August 2011 he moved to Ligue 1 club FC Lorient, where he signed a four year contract. In his first outing with his new club in the away match against FC Sochaux he scored the goal for a 1-1 draw.

National players

In October 2010 he received Swiss citizenship and then said that he hopes to one -up for the Swiss national football team. In May 2011, he was summoned for the first time for the Swiss national football team and made his debut against England on June 4, 2011. In June 2011, he played at the U -21 European Championship 2011 with Switzerland and reached there with the second place behind Spain. He was a regular player and brought the opponents with his speed again and again in big trouble.

Achievements

As a national player

  • Finalist at the U -21 European Championship 2011
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