Kevin Amuneke

Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke ( born May 10, 1986 in Eze Obodo ) is a Nigerian football player. He plays since 2009 with Nacional in the Super League, the Portuguese top.

Career

Amuneke began his career with the Warriors soccer in his native Nigeria. As a 16 - year-old he came in 2002 in the B- team of the Portuguese Groklubs Benfica, which he left for FC Porto in 2003. After another year in a B- team he joined in January 2004 to Sweden and signed with Landskrona BoIS. At the end of the first season of the club in Allsvenskan Eleventh. In the following season they did not get beyond a twelfth place and had to play in the playoff round against relegation. In the playoff then they lost against GAIS Gothenburg and dismounted. He was then still half a year in the second division in Sweden, before he returned to Portugal.

Beginning of the 2006/07 season he signed for Vitória Setúbal. There he played at the beginning of the season in the Supercup, the one lost 0:3 against FC Porto. With space 14 could avoid relegation at the end of the season by a single point. This season he made his debut at European club level. In the first round of the UEFA Cup against the representative of the Netherlands SC Heerenveen Amuneke came on in the 66th minute for Bruno Ribeiro. The match ended 0:3. After the season, the Nigerian left again Portugal and hired at CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria. After only ten games he went back to Sweden and signed with IFK Norrköping where he dismounted with the 16th and last place Amuneke for the second time in his career.

In January 2009, his journey continued to Romania, where he was at FC Timişoara under contract. After just two games and the runner-up title and lost the cup final, he returned to the country of his career and signed with Nacional Funchal. With the guys from Madeira, the seventh place was reached at the end of the season 2009/10.

For Nigeria played Amuneke been twice during the World Cup qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup in Germany he came on June 5, 2005 on his debut against Rwanda. The striker came off the bench in the 79th minute for Paul Obiefule. The match ended 1-1 in Kigali.

Family

Amuneke is the brother of former striker for FC Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon and current football coach and Olympic champion from 1996 in Atlanta Emmanuel Amuneke, as well as Kingsley Amuneke, currently working in Sweden.