Tyronne Ebuehi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tyronne Ebuehi | ||
Date of birth | 16 December 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Hoofddorp | |||
VV Young Boys | |||
–2013 | HFC EDO | ||
2013–2014 | ADO Den Haag | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | ADO Den Haag | 78 | (1) |
2018– | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Nigeria | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 |
Tyronne Ebuehi (born 16 December 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Benfica and the Nigeria national team as a right-back.
Club career
Born in Haarlem, Ebuehi played for Dutch youth teams of several amateur clubs before joining professional team ADO Den Haag from amateur side HFC EDO in 2013. He made his Eredivisie debut on 10 August 2014 in a 1–0 home defeat to Feyenoord.[1] Three seasons later, on 19 May 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica.[2]
International career
In November 2016, Ebuehi was called up for the first time to the Nigeria national team for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria. However, he declined the call-up stating that he needed some time to settle into his team ADO Den Haag. He was later called up for friendlies against Senegal and Burkina Faso in March 2017 and joined up with the squad.[3] He made his senior debut for Nigeria in a 3–0 friendly win over Togo on 1 June 2017.[4]
Ebuehi was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[5]
Personal life
Ebuehi was born in the Netherlands to a Nigerian father and a Dutch mother.[6]
Career statistics
International
Nigeria | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
References
- ^ "ADO Den Haag vs. Feyenoord - 10 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Sanches, João (19 May 2018). "Bem-vindo, Ebuehi!" [Welcome, Ebuehi!]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Colin Udoh (1 November 2016). "ADO Den Haag defender Tyronne Ebuehi rejects Nigeria call". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
- ^ "I am happy my son chose to play for Super Eagles - Ebuehi's father". 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Tyronne Ebuehi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Tyronne Ebuehi at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
External links
- Tyronne Ebuehi at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Dutch people of Nigerian descent
- Nigerian people of Dutch descent
- Association football fullbacks
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Dutch footballers
- ADO Den Haag players
- Eredivisie players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Nigerian football biography stubs