Oghenekaro Etebo
Etebo at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Oghenekaro Peter Etebo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Attacking midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Feirense | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lord Honour FC | |||
| Warri Wolves | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Warri Wolves | 64 | (23) |
| 2016– | Feirense | 27 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Nigeria U-23 | 19 | (11) |
| 2013– | Nigeria | 10 | (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 13 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2016 |
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Etebo Peter Oghenekaro (born 9 November 1995) is a Nigerian football midfielder, who plays for the Portuguese club CD Feirense and the Nigerian national team. He has been described as a box-to-box midfielder who possesses boundless energy and is able to support defensive play in addition to his natural attacking talents. He is known for making runs from deep and arriving in the box from midfield to complete attacking moves. His versatility has also seen him play in the right-back position for both club and his national team.
Born in Lagos, Etebo began his youth career at Lord Honour F.C, a football academy in Warri. He was signed to the youth setup of Nigerian Premier Football League side Warri Wolves at the start of the 2012/2013 season.
After joining Warri Wolves in 2012, Etebo was announced as a member of the senior squad for the upcoming 2012/2013 season. Due to his qualities it was intended that he would be deployed in an attacking midfield role for the club. However, due to school work and a delayed start to the league season, he only got to make his professional debut on April 14, 2013, announcing himself to Nigerian fans by scoring the first hat-trick of the season. With his goals in the 4th, 9th and 37th minutes and another by Joseph Osadiaye in the 12th minute as Wolves were up by 4 goals in the first half against El Kanemi Warriors. He continued his development, being deployed across the forward line contributing both goals and assists as the season continued.
His excellent debut season continued when he scored the fastest hat-trick in the league in a 3-1 win against Wikki Tourists, scoring all 3 goals within 22 minutes of play. Etebo opened scoring for Wolves in the seventh minute of the game, but the celebrations had yet to die down when Waziri Christopher equalized for Wikki. Etebo struck again in the 12th minute to restore Wolves' lead, and he completed his hat-trick in the 29th minute, after the hosts were awarded a spot kick. This performance in the Week-34 game brought his league goal total to 15, the second highest by any player. He would go on to score a brace in the last game of the season to give him a total of 17 goals for the season. This is the best goal tally in a debut NPFL season by any player since Ahmed Musa in 2010 and the best ever by a Nigerian midfielder in the NPFL. By the end of the season he had been given a free-attacking role in the team and the comparisons to Frank Lampard and Michael Essien were commonplace.
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