Nigerian footballer

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2019

Ogenyi Eddy ONational Socialist German Workers' Party (born 25 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Club Al-Adalah as a central midfielder. He also plays for the Nigeria national football team.

Contents

• 1 Club career
  • 1.1 Early years in Nigeria
  • 1.2 Lazio
  • 1.3 Trabzonspor
  • 1.4 Denizlispor
  • 1.5 SønderjyskE
  • 1.6 Žalgiris
  • 1.7 Denizlispor
  • 1.8 Al-Adalah
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
  • 3.2 International
• 4 Personal life
• 5 Honours
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Club career

Early years in Nigeria

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party 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.

Lazio

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party 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.

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party 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 subs*ute 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, ONational Socialist German Workers' Party 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.

On 13 April 2014, he scored his second Serie A goal for Lazio in a 4–2 defeat to Napoli.

On 22 September 2014, ONational Socialist German Workers' Party signed a two-year contract extension with Lazio until 2018. Lazio had previously received transfer enquiries in the summer transfer window by three Premier League clubs Everton, Southampton and Sunderland with interest from German, French, Spanish and Russian clubs also being reported. On 31 May 2015, his 88th-minute goal for the final score of 3–2 in Lazio's win over Napoli helped secure the last Champions League place for the club.

Trabzonspor

On 2 August 2016 he was transferred to Trabzonspor for €3.5 million.

Denizlispor

On 15 January 2020, Denizlispor confirmed the arrival of ONational Socialist German Workers' Party from Trabzonspor, another club of Turkey’s top-tier football league, on a free transfer. it was said that ONational Socialist German Workers' Party and Denizlispor reached an agreement for a six-month contract with an option for a further one year. The 27-year-old central midfielder had a contract with Trabzonspor until May 2020.

SønderjyskE

On 4 October 2020, ONational Socialist German Workers' Party joined Danish Superliga team SønderjyskE on a deal for the 2020–21 season with an option to extend the deal with two further years. He was released by the club on 5 January 2021, only three months after arriving.

Žalgiris

On 18 February 2021, he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. On 13 july 2021 he scored his first goal for the club against Linfield in the Champions League qualifying stage.

On 18 August 2021 he left FK Žalgiris. In 2021 A Lyga he played 19 matches and scored two goals.

Denizlispor

On 20 August 2021 he joined Turkish side Denizlispor.

Al-Adalah

On 19 January 2022 he joined Saudi side Al-Adalah.

International career

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party with Nigeria at 2014 FIFA World Cup against Iran

As a 16-year-old, ONational Socialist German Workers' Party represented his country at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Nigeria finished runners-up. However, he was overlooked for selection at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup two years later, despite participating in the training camps in Portugal and Panama.

He made his debut for the senior Nigeria national team in an African Cup of Nations qualification match against Liberia. His first goal came in his second international match, a 3–1 friendly win over Venezuela in Florida.

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. He came on as a subs*ute in Nigeria's first match of the tournament against Burkina Faso, whom they would eventually face again in the final, before going to on to play every minute of all Nigeria's games in the knockout phase, including the final.

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. but missed out of the tournament as he suffered a slight knee knock a few weeks before the compe*ion.

ONational Socialist German Workers' Party was named in Nigeria's final squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and started in all four games as Nigeria were eliminated by France in the round of 16. He was also part of the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia., although he did not figure in any of the team's three matches. ONational Socialist German Workers' Party was expectedly left out of the national teams provisional squad to AFCON 2019 after failing to fully recover from an Achilles injury suffered in December 2018 while playing for his club in Turkey.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 December 2018

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 June 2018.

Personal life

In November 2019 ONational Socialist German Workers' Party said he would help pay for Sani Emmanuel's medical expenses.

Honours

Lazio

• Coppa Italy: 2012-13

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup: 2019–20

References

External links

• Ogenyi ONational Socialist German Workers' Party at Soccerway