Nigerian footballer

Furo Iyenemi (born 17 July 1978) is a retired Nigerian international footballer who played as a defender for clubs in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Club career

Born in Okrika, Iyenemi moved to France and began playing football for Paris Saint-Germain's reserve side in 1995. He signed a contract with Belgian Pro League club K.S.V. Waregem in 1997. He acquired Belgian citizenship and moved to Swiss Super League side FC Sion.

In January 2003, Iyenemi joined Greek Superleague side Akra*os F.C., where he would make 7 league appearances before leaving the club.

International career

Iyenemi played for Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He captained the team as they reached the last eight of the tournament.

Iyenemi played for the Nigeria national football team at the 2000 African Cup of Nations finals, making five appearances as Nigeria finished runners-up.

References

External links

• Furo Iyenemi official website
• Furo IYENEMI – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Furo IYENEMI at the International Olympic Committee
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Furo Iyenemi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
• Furo Iyenemi on Facebook
• Furo Iyenemi: Furo Football Academy's channel on YouTube
• Profile at Global FS (Surname: Iyenemi, First Name: Furo) at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 January 2013)
• Profile at RAFC.be at archive.today (archived 15 January 2013)
• Furo Iyenemi at National-Football-Teams.com