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Francis Uzoho is a Nigerian association football player born in Nwangele on October 28, 1998. He plays as a goalkeeper and represents Nigeria in international competition. His professional career began in 2017, and he speaks English, Igbo, and Nigerian Pidgin.
Uzoho has been a member of the Nigeria men's national football team, as well as the clubs Deportivo de La Coruña, Elche CF, Omonia Aradippou, and Omonia Nicosia. He participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019, 2021, and 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Key facts
- 2017
- Deportivo La Coruña
- 2021
- Omonia
- Full name
- Francis Odinaka Uzoho
- Date of birth
- ( 1998-10-28 ) 28 October 1998 (age 27)
- Place of birth
- Ekitiafor Abba, Nwangele , Imo State , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Current team
- Omonia
- 2013 2016
- Aspire Academy
- Years
- Team
- 2017 2018
- Deportivo B
- 2017 2020
- Deportivo La Coruña
- 2018 2019
- → Anorthosis (loan)
- 2019 2020
- → Omonia (loan)
- 2020 2021
- APOEL
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Omonia Nicosia
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Nwangele
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Participant in
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Omonia Aradippou
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 91
- Image
- Francis Uzoho.jpg
- Height
- 1.96
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- date of birth
- 1998-10-28
- start of work period
- 2017-00-00
- social media followers
- 46733
- Commons category
- Francis Uzoho
- name in native language
- Francis Uzoho
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:28, 12 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:28, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
Francis Odinaka Uzoho MON // (born 28 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot First Division club Omonia and the Nigeria national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francis Uzoho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.