Stanley Amuzie (born 28 February 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back.[3]

Stanley Amuzie
Amuzie (right) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Stanley Amuzie
Date of birth (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, Left-back[2]
Youth career
0000–2014 Parma
2014–2015 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Olhanense 13 (1)
2016–2018 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2017–2018Lugano (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 Lugano 3 (0)
2019–2020 Aluminij 28 (0)
2020 FF Jaro 18 (0)
2021 KPV 24 (1)
International career
2016 Nigeria U23 6 (0)
2016 Nigeria 2 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career edit

In August 2017, Amuzie moved on loan from Sampdoria to Lugano.[4]

International career edit

Amuzie was selected by Nigeria national under-23 football team for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] He debuted for the senior Nigeria national football team in a 1–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie against Egypt on 25 March 2016.[6]

Honours edit

Nigeria U23

References edit

  1. ^ Stanley Amuzie Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ Stanley Amuzie at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Stanley Amuzie at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Amuzie passa al Lugano a titolo temporaneo con obbligo di riscatto". sampdoria.it (in Italian). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  7. ^ "Nigeria's footballers win Olympic bronze" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

External links edit