Michael Tukura (born 19 october 1988 in

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) is a Nigerian

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, who currently plays for the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

club

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in Israeli Premier League. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won six League C ...

Career

Tukura began his career with dynamite f.c in

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. In 2007, he signed with

Wikki Tourists F.C. Wikki Tourists Football Club is a professional football clubs based in Bauchi, Nigeria, currently playing in the Nigeria National League. The main sponsor of the team is the Bauchi State Government. The club's home stadium is Abubakar Tafawa Ba ...

, and in summer 2008 he joined the

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i club Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan on a ten months loan deal. He played his first game in the

on 13 September 2008 against Bnei Yehuda. At the end of the season Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan finished last in the league table and were relegated back to

Liga Leumit The Israeli Liga Leumit (, HaLiga HaLeumit, ) is the second division of the professional Israeli association football (soccer) league system. This second-tier league is placed directly below the Israeli Premier League. Structure There are 16 ...

after the play-off matches against

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Football Club (; ) is an Israeli football club based in Nazareth. The club is currently in the and plays at the Ilut Stadium in Ilut on the outskirts of the city. History The club was formed in 1968, and played in Liga ...

. In fact, in 2009 he moved to the new promoted

, where he spent a year, playing 23 matches and scoring 1 goal. In April 2010 Tukura joined

FK Ventspils FK Ventspils was a Latvian professional football club based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils. It was one of the most prominent football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virslīga since 1997. It folded in July ...

, playing in the Latvian Virsliga. He made his debut on 1, 2010 in a league match against

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. He scored his first goal in a league match against

FK Jūrmala-VV FK Daugava Rīga was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium in Riga. They played in the Latvian Higher League. The last manager of the team was Armands Zeiberliņš. From the club's foundation in 2003 till 2009 the club was kno ...

on 2 June 2010. All in all he played 14 matches that season, scoring 1 goal. On July 11, 2014, Tukura signed with

, which was promoted from the

to the

Position

Tukura plays as a central midfielder in attacking midfield or defensive midfield and also as center back.

Honours

Triobet Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavi ...

(1): 2010 *

Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Gaming Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company ...

(1): 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tukura, Michael 1988 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Wikki Tourists F.C. players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players FK Ventspils players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia FC Rubin Kazan players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Vaslui players Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Abuja 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen