Kelechi Iheanacho

Also known as Kelechi Promise Iheanacho

Nigerian association football player

Key facts

2015: Nigeria
2025: → Middlesbrough (loan)
Full name: Kelechi Promise Iheanacho
Date of birth: ( 1996-10-03 ) 3 October 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth: Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position: Forward
Current team: Celtic
2011 2014: Taye Academy
2014 2015: Manchester City
Years: Team
2015 2017: Manchester City
2017 2024: Leicester City
2024 2025: Sevilla
2013 2015: Nigeria U17

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Celtic
Position: Centre-Forward
Nationality: Nigeria

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Iheanacho
Gender: male
Citizenship: Nigeria
Place of birth: Owerri
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Igbo
Participant in: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Hair colour: black hair
Sport: association football
Member of team: Leicester City F.C.
Position played: forward
League: Premier League
Country for sport: England
Mass: 77
Image: Kelechi Iheanacho 2021.jpg
Height: 185

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date of birth: 1996-10-03
Commons category: Kelechi Iheanacho
sport number: 14
birth name: Promise
name in native language: Kelechi Iheanacho
start of work period: 2015-00-00
social media followers: 344342
different from: Kelechi Iheanacho Zeal

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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:54, 16 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho MON (listen; Igbo: Ịheanachọ; born 3 October 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Nigeria national team.

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