Philip Chidi Onyemah (born 20 February 1984) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays for Portuguese club Ninense as a forward.

Club career

Born in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

, Onyemah moved to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

still in his early teens, beginning his career with amateurs Associação Desportiva Fornos de Algodres. In 2002 he signed with

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

, where he finished his formation. In the 2003 summer, Onyemah joined

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tie ...

, appearing in two fourth division seasons with the team and impressing enough to earn a move straight into the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

with Rio Ave FC. He played 33 games in his first year (four goals), with the

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km2. The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of ...

side eventually being relegated. Onyemah scored another four goals in 2007–08 to help Rio Ave return to the top level. In November 2008 he was on trial with

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, but nothing came of it. Onyemah appeared regularly for Rio Ave in the following two seasons – 28 starts combined – helping the club consecutive maintain its league status whilst contributing with three goals combined. In early July 2010 he moved to

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

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, freshly promoted to the First Division.Onyemah moves to Cyprus
All Africa, 7 July 2010

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Onyemah, Chidi 1984 births Living people Footballers from Lagos Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Famalicão players Rio Ave F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Olympiakos Nicosia players Ethnikos Achna FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Super League Greece players Platanias F.C. players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen