Kenny Otigba
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Karim Otigba | ||
Date of birth | 29 August 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
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Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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SC Heerenveen | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | Gyulai Termál FC | ||
2004–2008 | Békéscsaba SE | ||
2008–2012 | SC Heerenveen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012– | SC Heerenveen | 82 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Hungary U19 | 1 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Hungary U21 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2015 |
Kenneth Karim Otigba (born 29 August 1992 in Kaduna, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born Hungarian footballer who plays for SC Heerenveen as a centre back.
Career
Heerenveen
Otigba made his debut for SC Heerenveen on 16 December 2012 against Utrecht, coming on a 75th-minute substitute in a 3-1 loss.[1]
On 30 August 2014, Otigba gave an assist to Mark Uth to beat FC Utrecht 3-1 in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.[2]
On 13 December 2014, Otigba gave an assist to Mark Uth to beat NAC Breda 2-0 at the Rat Verlegh Stadion in Breda, Netherlands in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.[3]
On 7 January 2015, Otigba was chosen to be in the best team of December of the 2014–15 Eredivisie.[4]
Club statistics
- As of 4 March 2014[5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Heerenveen | 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2013–14 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
2014–15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
Total | 69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8 | |
Career Total | 69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8 |
Personal life
Born in Nigeria, he moved to Hungary with his mother at age five.[6] Otigba said in an interview with the Hungarian Nemzeti Sport that "I'm a very lucky chap" when he was asked about his partner, Sanne Veerbek, a.k.a. Ayden. Veerbek participated in the X Factor in 2013.[7]
References
- ↑ UTRECHT VS. HEERENVEEN 3 - 1
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- ↑ Soccerway profile
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36249520
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External links
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Hungarian footballers
- Hungarian expatriate footballers
- Association football defenders
- Eredivisie players
- SC Heerenveen players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Hungarian people of Nigerian descent