Furo Iyenemi

Iyenemi Furo
Personal information
Full name	Iyenemi Charles Furo
Date of birth	17 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Okrika, Nigeria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sharks
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Paris Saint-Germain B
1997–1999	Waregem
1999–2000	Sion
2000	Royal Antwerp
2000–2002	Sion
2003	Akratitos
2004–2005	Istres
2005–2006	Servette
International career
2000	Nigeria U23
2000	Nigeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iyenemi Furo (born 17 July 1978) is a retired Nigerian international footballer who played as a defender for clubs in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece.

Club career

Born in Okrika, Furo moved to France and began playing football for Paris Saint-Germain's reserve side in 1995. He signed a contract with Belgian Pro League club K.S.V. Waregem in 1997. He acquired Belgian citizenship and moved to Swiss Super League side FC Sion.

In January 2003, Furo joined Greek Superleague side Akratitos F.C., where he would make 7 league appearances before leaving the club.^[1]

International career

Furo played for Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[2] He captained the team as they reached the last eight of the tournament.^[3]

Furo played for the Nigeria national football team at the 2000 African Cup of Nations finals, making five appearances as Nigeria finished runners-up.^[4]

References

^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.
^ Adesanya, Niran (24 August 2000). "Controversial Furo Makes U-23 Team". P.M. News (Lagos).
^ Omotunde, Bello (3 November 2010). "We had no team at Sydney 2000 - Furo". Mastersportsng.com.
^ Courtney, Barrie and Stokkermans, Karel (9 July 2009). "African Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Official website
Furo Iyenemi at National-Football-Teams.com
Furo Iyenemi – FIFA competition record (archived)
Profile at sports-reference.com
Profile at rafc.be
Global FS

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[1] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.

[2] Adesanya, Niran (24 August 2000). "Controversial Furo Makes U-23 Team". P.M. News (Lagos).

[3] Omotunde, Bello (3 November 2010). "We had no team at Sydney 2000 - Furo". Mastersportsng.com.

[4] Courtney, Barrie and Stokkermans, Karel (9 July 2009). "African Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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