Sibi Gwar (born 9 September 1987 in

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) is a

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football player who plays for

Nasarawa United F.C. Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the Nigerian Pr ...

in the

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Early life

Gwar hails from Gboko in Konshisha local government area of

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and attended the Government Secondary School, Gboko (1991–1998).

Career

He began his career with Ebonyi Angels. After 1 year with

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he moved to

Enyimba International F.C. Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...

in early 2008 and returned to Lobi in June 2008. After a successful season with Lobi and winning the NFA Golden Boot, Gwar signed with his former club

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in 2009. At Kwara United FC he scored nine league goals. In June 2010, Argentine football coach

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, the former coach of

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, named Gwar in a list of players he thought should form the basis of the future

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. Sibi was described as a "Speedy attacker, quick with the ball, eye for goals, good finisher and dangerous in the goal box." He signed with

Niger Tornadoes Niger Tornadoes Football Club is a soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria. They currently play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium and have also played home game at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja. ...

in spring 2011, and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win over his former Kwara United team on 11 May. He scored six goals in his first three games with Tornadoes. In June 2012 Sibi Gwar became the highest goal scorer in the

after scoring a brace against his former team

and taking his goal tally to 12 goals. Sibi was named as the Nigerian league player of the week in May 2012, He was again named as the league's Star of the week for the second straight week in June 2012 and was league player of the year. He signed with Enyimba in November 2012 on a one-year deal. On 2 August 2015, Sibi Gwar joined

Shooting Stars SC Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or ''Oluyole Warriors'') is a Nigerian football club based in Ibadan. History The club was one of the founders of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Ibadan'' (Weste ...

After leaving Shooting to join Victoria Hotspurs F.C.in Malta, he returned to Nigeria on deadline day and signed with Nasarawa United.Gwar joins Nasarawa United on transfer deadline day
/ref> Gwar has won the NFF Golden Boot twice, during the 2008 and 2012 Nigeria Premier League seasons.

International career

Gwar received his first callup to the

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in August 2012, when he was named in

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's squad for a friendly against

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