Victor Anichebe
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| Full name | Victor Chinedu Anichebe | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Sunderland | |||||||||||
| Number | 28 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Everton | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Everton | 131 | (18) | |||||||||
| 2013–2016 | West Bromwich Albion | 55 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Sunderland | 11 | (3) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Nigeria U23 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2008– | Nigeria | 11 | (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 17:59, 06 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2011 |
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Victor Chinedu Anichebe (born 23 April 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Sunderland.
Anichebe was born in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria but moved to Liverpool aged one, his family originally living in Toxteth before settling in Crosby. He is a cousin of former professional football player Iffy Onuora, Olympian Anyika Onuora and professional basketball player Chiz Onuora. He is also an Olympic silver medallist, competing for Nigeria in the 2008 Olympics.
Anichebe made his reserve team debut as a 15-year-old and his first team debut less than two years later on 27 February 2006, as a substitute in the 89th minute of Everton's FA Cup 4th round tie against Chelsea, replacing Simon Davies. He signed his first professional contract with Everton, a two-year deal, in April 2006. On 7 May 2006, he scored his first Premier League goal against West Bromwich Albion. He was awarded Everton's Reserve Player of the Season for the 2005–06 season.
Anichebe scored his first two Premier League goals of the 2006–07 campaign in a 3–0 win against Newcastle United on 30 December 2006. His contract was extended by four years towards the end of the season as Everton qualified for the UEFA Cup. In the UEFA Cup Anichebe scored four times, against Metalist Kharkiv, Larissa, FC Nuremberg and SK Brann of Norway after coming on as a late second-half substitute in many of the games. At the end of the season he was voted by Everton fans as their Young Player of the Season.
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