Ogenyi Onazi
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| Full name | Ogenyi Eddy Onazi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| El Kanemi Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||
| My People | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Lazio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Lazio | 76 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Trabzonspor | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Nigeria U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Nigeria U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Nigeria | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016 |
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Ogenyi Eddy Onazi (born 25 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Turkish club Trabzonspor and the Nigeria national football team.
Onazi began playing football in the streets of Jos in 1998. His football skills and abilities drew a lot of attention to him and afforded him the opportunity to play in some academies in the city.
His footballing abilities came to prominence when he moved to the city of Lagos to play for My People.
Onazi joined Lazio in 2011, alongside his teammate, Sani Emmanuel. The pair trialled in England, Greece and Italy following appearances at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in which Nigeria reached the final on home soil, losing to Switzerland.
Onazi was first promoted to the Lazio first team during the 2011–12 season after appearing at youth level. He made his Serie A debut as a substitute in the penultimate match of the season, replacing Senad Lulić in the 90th minute. Lazio recorded a 2–0 victory over Atalanta at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia in Bergamo.
In the following 2012–2013 season, Onazi was granted more playing time Under coach Vladimir Petković featuring in a defensive midfielder role alongside Cristian Ledesma. Notably, he started in a UEFA Europa League match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, which ended in a 0–0 draw. On 7 March 2013, he scored his first goal for Lazio against Stuttgart in the last sixteen of the Europa League. He scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–1 win over Inter Milan on 8 May 2013.
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