Ikechukwu Uche

Retired
Last club: Gimnàstic Retired since: Jul 1, 2019

Date of birth/Age: Jan 5, 1984 (40)
Place of birth: Aba
Citizenship: Nigeria

Height: 1,74 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: Nigeria
Caps/Goals: 46 / 19

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Nigeria
15		Nigeria	Aug 22, 2007	46	19	Berti Vogts	23 years 07 months 17 days

Stats of Ikechukwu Uche

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			45	18	2	-	15	13	3	-	-	2	162'	2.911'
	International Friendlies	16	5	1	-	7	5	1	-	-	-	200'	1.002'
	World Cup qualification	12	5	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	185'	923'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	10	8	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	2	78'	622'
	Africa Cup of Nations	7	-	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	364'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Skopje	Aug 22, 2007	Macedonia	Nigeria	0:0					46'		45'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3		Sep 8, 2007	Nigeria	Lesotho	2:0		1			63'		27'
	International Friendlies
		Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Oct 14, 2007	Mexico	Nigeria	2:2					76'		14'
		London	Nov 17, 2007	Australia	Nigeria	1:0					63'		27'
		Zürich	Nov 19, 2007	Switzerland	Nigeria	0:1						78'	78'
		Estepona	Jan 9, 2008	Nigeria	Sudan	2:0		1				65'	65'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B		Jan 21, 2008	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	0:1	on the bench
	Group B		Jan 25, 2008	Nigeria	Mali	0:0					58'		32'
	Group B		Jan 29, 2008	Nigeria	Benin	2:0	CF						90'
	Quarter-Finals	Accra	Feb 3, 2008	Ghana	Nigeria	2:1	LW		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Wien	May 27, 2008	Austria	Nigeria	1:1							90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D	Abuja	Jun 1, 2008	Nigeria	South Africa	2:0		1					90'
	Group D	Freetown	Jun 7, 2008	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	0:1							90'
	Group D		Jun 15, 2008	Equat. Guinea	Nigeria	0:1						56'	56'
	Group D	Abuja	Jun 21, 2008	Nigeria	Equat. Guinea	2:0		1			80'		10'
	Group D		Sep 6, 2008	South Africa	Nigeria	0:1		1		58'		84'	84'
	Group D		Oct 11, 2008	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	4:1						83'	83'
	International Friendlies
		Palmira	Nov 20, 2008	Colombia	Nigeria	1:0						61'	61'
		London	Feb 11, 2009	Nigeria	Jamaica	0:0	CF					87'	87'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2		Mar 29, 2009	Mozambique	Nigeria	0:0	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
		London	May 29, 2009	Ireland	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
		Saint-Etienne	Jun 2, 2009	France	Nigeria	0:1			1				90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Abuja	Jun 7, 2009	Nigeria	Kenya	3:0		1					90'
	Group 2	Tunis	Jun 20, 2009	Tunisia	Nigeria	0:0	CF					85'	85'
	Group 2	Abuja	Sep 6, 2009	Nigeria	Tunisia	2:2	CF			31'		65'	65'
	Group 2	Abuja	Oct 11, 2009	Nigeria	Mozambique	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group 2		Nov 14, 2009	Kenya	Nigeria	2:3	Cruciate ligament tear
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C	Benguela	Jan 12, 2010	Egypt	Nigeria	3:1	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group C	Benguela	Jan 16, 2010	Nigeria	Benin	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group C	Lubango	Jan 20, 2010	Nigeria	Mozambique	3:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	Quarter-Finals	Lubango	Jan 25, 2010	Zambia	Nigeria	4:5 on pens	Cruciate ligament tear
	Semi-Finals	Luanda	Jan 28, 2010	Ghana	Nigeria	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	Third Place Play-Off	Benguela	Jan 30, 2010	Nigeria	Algeria	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	International Friendlies
		Abuja	Mar 3, 2010	Nigeria	DR Congo	5:2	Cruciate ligament tear
			May 25, 2010	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia	0:0					46'		45'
		Milton Keynes	May 30, 2010	Nigeria	Colombia	1:1	Not in squad
			Jun 6, 2010	Nigeria	North Korea	3:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2010
	Group B	New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Jun 12, 2010	Argentina	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 17, 2010	Greece	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Durban	Jun 22, 2010	Nigeria	South Korea	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Suwon	Aug 11, 2010	South Korea	Nigeria	2:1	Meniscus damage
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	Abuja	Sep 5, 2010	Nigeria	Madagascar	2:0	Meniscus damage
	Group B		Oct 10, 2010	Guinea	Nigeria	1:0	Meniscus damage
	International Friendlies
		Abuja	Feb 9, 2011	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	Abuja	Mar 27, 2011	Nigeria	Ethiopia	4:0		2			69'		21'
	International Friendlies
		Abuja	Mar 29, 2011	Nigeria	Kenya	3:0		1			46'		45'
		Abuja	Jun 1, 2011	Nigeria	Argentina	4:1	SS	2					90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B		Jun 5, 2011	Ethiopia	Nigeria	2:2	CF	1					90'
	Group B	Antananarivo	Sep 4, 2011	Madagascar	Nigeria	0:2						66'	66'
	International Friendlies
		Dhaka	Sep 6, 2011	Argentina	Nigeria	3:1	CF						90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	Abuja	Oct 8, 2011	Nigeria	Guinea	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Oct 11, 2011	Ghana	Nigeria	0:0						86'	86'
		Abuja	Nov 12, 2011	Nigeria	Botswana	0:0							90'
		Abuja	Nov 15, 2011	Nigeria	Zambia	2:0		1		90'	27'		63'
			Feb 15, 2012	Liberia	Nigeria	0:2	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	First Round 1st leg	Kigali	Feb 29, 2012	Rwanda	Nigeria	0:0					67'		23'
	International Friendlies
		Dubai	Apr 12, 2012	Egypt	Nigeria	3:2	Not in squad
		Lima	May 24, 2012	Peru	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F	Abuja	Jun 3, 2012	Nigeria	Namibia	1:0	CF	1					90'
	Group F	Blantyre	Jun 9, 2012	Malawi	Nigeria	1:1	CF						90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	First Round 2nd leg	Clabar	Jun 16, 2012	Nigeria	Rwanda	2:0	CF	1					90'
	International Friendlies
			Aug 15, 2012	Niger	Nigeria	0:0	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Second Round 1st leg	Monrovia	Sep 8, 2012	Liberia	Nigeria	2:2	CF	1					90'
	Second Round 2nd leg	Abuja	Oct 13, 2012	Nigeria	Liberia	6:1		1			55'		35'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 15, 2012	Venezuela	Nigeria	1:3	Not in squad
			Jan 9, 2013	Cape Verde	Nigeria	0:0	CF				61'		29'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C	Nelspruit	Jan 21, 2013	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	1:1	CF				58'		32'
	Group C	Nelspruit	Jan 25, 2013	Zambia	Nigeria	1:1	RW				89'		1'
	Group C	Rustenberg	Jan 29, 2013	Ethiopia	Nigeria	0:2	CF					65'	65'
	Quarter-Finals		Feb 3, 2013	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1:2	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Durban	Feb 6, 2013	Mali	Nigeria	1:4	on the bench
	Final	Johannesburg	Feb 10, 2013	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	1:0	CF					54'	54'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F	Clabar	Mar 23, 2013	Nigeria	Kenya	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Houston	Jun 1, 2013	Mexico	Nigeria	2:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F		Jun 5, 2013	Kenya	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Group F	Windhoek	Jun 12, 2013	Namibia	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2013
	Group B	Belo Horizonte	Jun 17, 2013	Tahiti	Nigeria	1:6	Not in squad
	Group B	Salvador	Jun 21, 2013	Nigeria	Uruguay	1:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Fortaleza	Jun 23, 2013	Nigeria	Spain	0:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Durban	Aug 14, 2013	South Africa	Nigeria	0:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F	Clabar	Sep 7, 2013	Nigeria	Malawi	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Sep 10, 2013	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	4:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	3rd round 1st leg	Addis Ababa	Oct 13, 2013	Ethiopia	Nigeria	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Amman	Oct 28, 2013	Jordan	Nigeria	1:0	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	3rd round 2nd leg	Clabar	Nov 16, 2013	Nigeria	Ethiopia	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Nov 18, 2013	Italy	Nigeria	2:2	Not in squad
			Jan 4, 2014	Nigeria	Ethiopia	2:1	no information available
	African Nations Championship
	Group A	Bamako	Jan 11, 2014	Mali	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Kapstadt	Jan 15, 2014	Nigeria	Mozambique	4:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Abuja	Jan 19, 2014	Nigeria	South Africa	3:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Kapstadt	Jan 25, 2014	Morocco	Nigeria	3:4 AET	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Kumasi	Jan 29, 2014	Ghana	Nigeria	4:1 on pens	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	Kapstadt	Feb 1, 2014	Zimbabwe	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Atlanta, Georgia	Mar 6, 2014	Mexico	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
		London	May 28, 2014	Nigeria	Scotland	2:2	Not in squad
		Chester	Jun 3, 2014	Greece	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
		Jacksonville, Florida	Jun 7, 2014	USA	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2014
	Group F	Curitiba	Jun 16, 2014	Iran	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	Group F		Jun 22, 2014	Nigeria	Bosnia	1:0	Not in squad
	Group F	Porto Alegre (RS)	Jun 25, 2014	Nigeria	Argentina	2:3	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Brasília	Jun 30, 2014	France	Nigeria	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group A	Abuja	Sep 6, 2014	Nigeria	Congo	2:3	Hamstring injury
	Group A	Kapstadt	Sep 10, 2014	South Africa	Nigeria	0:0	Hamstring injury
	Group A	Khartoum	Oct 11, 2014	Sudan	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Abuja	Oct 15, 2014	Nigeria	Sudan	3:1	Not in squad
	Group A		Nov 15, 2014	Congo	Nigeria	0:2	CF	1					90'
	Group A		Nov 19, 2014	Nigeria	South Africa	2:2	CF						90'
Squad: 49, Starting eleven: 31, Substituted in: 15, On the bench: 3, Suspended: 0, Injured: 14,