Stanley Udenkwor

Stanley Obumneme Udenkwor (born May 1, 1981 in Awka-Etiti, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born, Polish professional footballer.[2]

Stanley Udenkwor
Personal information
Full name Stanley Obumneme Udenkwor
Date of birth (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981
Place of birth Awka-Etiti, Nigeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Jasper United
2001–2002 Polonia Warsaw 30 (1)
2003 Okęcie Warszawa
2004 Neftchi Baku 11 [1] (6)
2005 Gainsborough Trinity 5 (0)
2006 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 12 (1)
2007 Mazur Karczew
2007 Chrobry Głogów 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Career

Udenkwor started his career off in his native Nigeria playing for Jasper United. In 2001, Udenkwor moved to Poland and signed with Polonia Warsaw. Udenkwor successfully applied for a Polish passport, and in turn became a citizen. He became the second black African footballer to become a Polish citizen, the other being Emmanuel Olisadebe, who went on to feature for the Polish international team. Incidentally Olisadebe also started his career at Jasper United. His next football move was to sign for Okęcie Warszawa, before spending time in the Azerbaijan Premier League with Neftchi Baku. He then moved to England and joined Gainsborough Trinity, who were playing in the Conference North league, which is the 6th tier of English football. Udenkwor was firstly given a trial by the club's manager Paul Mitchell, and after scoring a hat-trick in his debut for the reserves, he was given a short term contract.

His stay at Gainsborough was well covered in the local media, mainly down to the fact that while at Polonia Warsaw he featured in the UEFA Champions League, which is a notable and attractive achievement for any player playing at that level in the English game. Stanley was also joined at The Northolme by Tam Vo and Lhereux Menga, two French-born forwards who originate from Africa like himself, but both had progressed from the French Non League scene.

After only five games, one of them being the club's 3-1 home defeat to Barnet in the first round of the FA Cup, Stanley was released by Trinity after failing to do enough to extend his contract, as well as failing to live up to the high expectations of the Trinity supporterts and his manager. Following his release by the club, he returned to Poland and signed for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, and later went on to play for Mazur Karczew before joining Chrobry Głogów.

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Stanley Udenkwor". 90 Minut. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
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