My best club is asec Mimosa of Ivory coast says UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG
MEET ONE OF NIGERIA 🇳🇬 SUPER STAR STRIKER 2009 CAF CONFEDERATION CUP CHAMPIONS🏆 UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG.........#INTERVIEW on EFR..
NAME : UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG
NATIONALITY:NIGERIA
HEIGHT:1.83
WEIGHT:80
POSITION : STRIKER
NATURAL FOOT :RIGHT
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Who is UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Umoh Emmanuel iniobong is a professional footballer that hails from akwa ibom state born and brought up in Lagos.
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How did UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG start his football career from grassroots?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well i started my grass Root football carrer with satech f.c in mushin(a grassroot football team)at the age of 7..At the age of 14 i joined the pepsi football academy in 1994 and In 1997 i moved to Concord f.c ABEOKUTA and played for 2season & In 1999 came back to the academy bcos i was still under the age bracket as an academy player and went on Loan to WALIDAN FC the Gambia And since then i was fully ready to play professional football..
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Your first club as a professional footballer how did the move comes and what is the name of the Club?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well Actually my first club as a professional started with Concord fc ABEOKUTA at the age of 17 and i was so excited. Though as at then , professional football in Nigeria was not as lucrative as we have today, N.B Concord was playing in the 2nd division But my going there was for me to aquire some experience Which i did aquire for 2seasons and My first game i played was against nepa of Lagos and it was fun because we had an away draw So it really boosted our moral for d next game..
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Take us through to your next move?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
My next move was to the Gambia and it was fun because it was the first Time in my life that i had to take a flight that was in 1999..Since i was with the pepsi football academy,and chief kashimawo laloko Was of course d director of the academy,who was onetime coach of the Gambia national team so with his connection he recommended me when the asked him for a striker The name of the club is WALIDAN FC.they recieved me with so much love and i felt already at home.
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How many year contract did you sign with them and how did you cope in terms of language barrier?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well It was a Loan deal and it lasted for 6months.in terms of language i was able to cop bcos its an english speaking country..
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Within your time there how many appearance and goal did you get?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well Not much goals bcos as at then i was not a regular player and They had a national team player as the first choice I was like third choice I Didn't have much playing time..
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Take us through to your next move till your last Club?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well From wallidan, I moved to cotedivore in 2001 fc toumodi I played for 6months and I scored 10goals for the club that season after the season was over I went to Esperance of Tunisia for trials but it was non conclusive. So I had to come back to my team in Ivory coast and played another season 2002 and In 2003 I didn't play for any team there was war in the country and football was force to stop But in 2004 I moved to another team still in the Ivory coast jeuness club de Abidjan (J. C. A)and played for 2season and in The second season I ended up as 2nd highest goal scorer in the league And because of my performance Asec Mimosa came knocking and I signed for them in 2006 till 2009 it was a 3year contract and
In between all this period I had series of trials in Tunisia, Algeria and China, but God plan is the best..So I moved for a loan to issia wazzi in 2008 bcos I got fustrated in asec Mimosa since I was unavailable to secure a contract in Europe, so I just wanted to change the environment which made me move to issia wazzi for 6months Later on i moved to Mali with my coach, that was my coach in J. C. A Ivory coast and
In stade Mali it was a year contract and that year we won the C. A. F confederation cup i had a fantastic season that year and Al-Fateh in Saudi Arabia came for me and gave me a year contract and extended it for another one year in 2011 but In 2012 I fractured my foot and I was off till 2013 when I was fully recovered I moved to Burkina faso and played for 6months before moving to equatorial guinea in 2014 to 2015 Then finally moved down to Nigeria and signed for akwa United in 2016..
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With all this journey did you get any international call up?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Yeah when I was in asec Mimosa but there was no real follow up....
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As a professional striker tell us how many goal have you score in your career all together?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Oh quite a whole numbers of goals I can't really give u an excat numbers if not I might be lieing🙂I can't really remember because I scored allot of goals and assist..
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Let us know your Memorable match and what happened on pich on that day?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well I have quite a few but this one against eyimba in Abidjan I came in and got the third goal for my team And also in Mali my set was the first to qualify a malian football club for the group stage of the confederation cup for the first time in the history of Mali football.that was a memorable day for me which A top musician there made a song for us then..
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Your honor doing your time on pich let us know?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Finished 3rd on the table with J. C. A in Ivory coast 2005.
I won 3 🏆League champions with asec Mimosa 2006,2007,2008.
Semi finalist in 2006 C. A. f champions league..
Winner of C. A. F centenary cup in Sudan 2007..
Winner of the CAF confederation cup with stade Mali 2009..
I was among of the top scorer in 2009 confederation cup which I Scored 5 goals in the tournament..
Winner of the Burkina faso F. A cup 2013 with asfa yenega..
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In which year did you quit football and what caused it?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well i quit playing active football in 2018 just felt it was time for me to quit..
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Who is your best partner ever?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well is Author kouakou Valerie my team mate in asec Mimosa a mid fielder and co.
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List your best eleven with you on pich?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
1.kabore Mohammed
2.bad sacko
3.djebi ta Rafael
4.mohammed cherif
5.Ariwa emmnuel
6.Youm bi Gama Bernard
7.ogundina Michael keji
8.ya konan Didier
9.bakary coulibaly
10.mohammed lamine cisse
11.mutiu adegoke
Coach: Djibril drame..
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Which number is your favorite jersey number?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well I can say no 9..
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Your first take as a professional football is how much and how did you spend it?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
3k 1997 Concord F. C abeokuta I gave the money to my mum to keep for me and She actually managed the money well for me 🙂.
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With all the club's you have played with choose your best Club and let us know the reason why the Club was choose?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well My best club is asec Mimosa of Ivory coast Because they has all the pedagogy I mean mordern basics facilities to help improve a player despite the fact that it's based in West Africa Most of the players that has played in the Ivory coast national team were groomed in asec Mimosa academy so that's makes it my best club so far.
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After you quit football which work are you doing?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well Am involved in so many things as long as it enables me to put food on my table and to take care of my family.also scouting for stade Mali.
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If you did not playing football what will you be doing?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well I could have become A music Artist..
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When you quitting playing football, which work are you doing for living ?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well Am involved in so many things as long as it enables me to put food on my table and to take care of my family.also scouting for stade Mali.
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Who is your IDOL?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
Well I can say it's Didier Drogba because I play like him.
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What is your advice to upcoming footballer's?
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG*
They should stay focused,be determined. Dedicated and discipline with this Every other things will follow And most importantly they should be patient..
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Thanks for coming to EMMZYSPORTS FOOTBALL ROOM EFR I wish you success and injury free in Jesus name..
*UMOH EMMANUEL INIOBONG Amen🙏🙏🙏 thanks so much EMMZYSPORTS..
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