Emeka Emerun (born 11 November 1994) is a Nigerian

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player who plays for FK Budućnost Dobanovci in the Serbian First League.

Club career

Born in Owerri, he begin playing football inspired by his mother, who was a football player. He started playing in a local football academy. When he was 16 he went to Denmark and played one tournament where he scored 5 goals in 6 games and thus earned attention from German giants

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in the 2011–12 Under 19 Bundesliga. He started his senior career playing with FC Bayern Munich II in the 2011–12 season. During the winter-break he moved to Tunisia and signed with CA Bizertin. He played on loan at Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 2013. He left Tunisia by the end of 2014 after having played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with Bizertin and

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at Soccerway He returned to Europe and signed with Serbian side FK Sloboda Užice in summer 2015.

Personal life

His mother, Teresa Emerun, was a professional footballer. He has four brothers and four sisters, and the four brothers all play football as well.

References

1994 births Living people People from Owerri Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Expatriate footballers in Germany CA Bizertin players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Olympique Béja players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Expatriate footballers in Tunisia FK Sloboda Užice players FK Radnički Pirot players FK Budućnost Dobanovci players Serbian First League players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Association football forwards Sportspeople from Imo State {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub