Emeka Friday Eze (born 26 September 1996) is a Nigerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a striker for Turkish club

Çorum F.K. Çorum Futbol Kulübü () is a Turkish Association football, football club located in Çorum, Turkey. The club currently plays in the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. History The club was founded under the name Çorum B ...

Playing career

Early career

After playing for a minor club in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

, Eze arrived in

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in 2013, where he started off playing for a local football academy in Mbanga. He then joined Oxygène de Mfou, a second division regional club in the Centre region, in 2014. Despite not playing the whole of first season he managed eleven goals and close to thirty the next season, earning him titles for the best player and top scorer in the league respectively. Following the two successful seasons with Oxygène, Eze was offered a contract by

MTN Elite One The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of professional association football league system in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation sin ...

(''Ligue 1'') club Aigle Royal Menoua. He ended the 2016 season with nine goals and was among the 25 nominees for the league's best player award. In 2017, Eze was headed to Cameroonian champion UMS de Loum, but set his sights to Europe instead. After trying out for Estonian

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond, or simply Paide, is an Estonian professional football club based in Paide that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has ...

, he ended up playing for

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...

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. He scored a goal in his first appearance with RoPS in a friendly match against

IFK Luleå IFK Luleå is a Swedish professional football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989. History IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but wen ...

. Having made his

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

debut on 22 April 2017, Eze's first goal came a week later in his second game, against

PS Kemi The Palloseura Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, that competes in the Kolmonen. The club have spent three seasons in the top flight in their history. History The club was established on October 21, 1999. Kemi Kin ...

. On 11 January 2023, Eze was loaned by

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

. Eze joined

Pendikspor Pendikspor is a Turkish sports club based in Pendik, Istanbul. The club's homeground is the ''Pendik Stadium''. History Pendikspor's best known football section, with a history dating back to 1927, continued its activities without being subject t ...

on 3 August 2023.

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* * 1996 births Living people Adanaspor footballers Aigle Royal Menoua players Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Eyüpspor footballers Footballers from Lagos İstanbulspor footballers Men's association football forwards Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Nigerian men's footballers Pendikspor footballers Çorum F.K. footballers Rovaniemen Palloseura players SK Sturm Graz players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Veikkausliiga players 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub