Vincent Enyeama
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Enyeama playing for Lille in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vincent Enyeama | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Akwa Ibom, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lille | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Ibom Stars | 56 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Enyimba | 100 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Iwuanyanwu Nationale | 36 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bnei Yehuda | 56 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 113 | (9) |
| 2011– | Lille | 118 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2015 | Nigeria | 101 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015 |
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Vincent Enyeama (born 29 August 1982) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Lille as a goalkeeper. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team from 2002 until October 2015, serving as its captain from 2013 until his retirement from international football. He is his nation's most capped player of all time, ending his international career with 101 caps.
In June 2011 he moved to French side Lille for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.
In August 2012 Enyeama agreed a one-year loan deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv and was presented to the media by Maccabi's Sports Director Jordi Cruyff at 8 August 2012.
During the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, club manager René Girard picked Enyeama as his first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Steeve Elana, who had been the first-choice goalkeeper when Rudi Garcia was the club manager. With the help of his two centre-backs, Marko Baša and Simon Kjær, Enyeama kept 11 consecutive clean sheets in Ligue 1 matches during the first half of the season. On 8 December 2013, Enyeama finally conceded a goal after playing 1,062 minutes of Ligue 1 football in an away match against Bordeaux, during which he was beaten by Landry N'Guémo's deflected strike in the 27th minute. He thus came within 114 minutes of equalling Gaëtan Huard's Ligue 1 goalkeeping record, set during the 1992-93 season while playing for Bordeaux, of playing 1,176 minutes without conceding a goal.
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