Ifeanyi David Nduka

Ifeanyi David Nduka (born 2 December 2003) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a central midfielder for Russian club Krasnodar.

Ifeanyi David Nduka
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-02) 2 December 2003
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Krasnodar
Number 61
Youth career
0000–2019 Collins Edwin SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FDC Vista Gelendzhik
2021–2022 Botev Plovdiv 0 (0)
2022 → Krasnodar-2 (loan) 5 (0)
2022– Krasnodar-2 27 (0)
2022– Krasnodar 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023

Career

Nduka started his senior career in a Russian non-professional club Vista from the town of Gelendzhik, the club specializes in signing junior players from Africa and transferring them to professional clubs later. He played his junior career as a central defender and switched to the position of central midfielder in late 2021.[1] He was also enrolled in the Kuban State University and played for the university team.[2]

Nduka joined Russian First League club Krasnodar-2 (a reserve team for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar) in February 2022 on loan.[3]

In March 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced that foreign players in Russia would be able to unilaterally suspend their contracts with their clubs.[4] Most of Krasnodar's first-team foreign players used the provision to suspend their contracts. In late March, Russian Premier League gave Krasnodar permission to register additional foreign players for their squad, including Nduka.[5]

On 14 June 2022, Nduka moved to Krasnodar on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[6] He continued to be primarily deployed with Krasnodar-2 for most of the 2022–23 season.

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Krasnodar on 13 May 2023 in a game against Zenit St. Petersburg.[7]

References
  1. "«Четыре месяца назад играли на первенство края». Нигерийцы из «Краснодара-2» выручат Галицкого?" [Would Nigerians from Krasnodar-2 save Galitsky?] (in Russian). Sport Express. 1 April 2022.
  2. "Ректор КубГУ Михаил Астапов: о студенческом, российском и мировом футболе" [KubSU rector Mikhail Astapov: about university, Russian and world football] (in Russian). VK Press. 7 April 2022.
  3. "«КРАСНОДАР-2» ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТЫ С ДЖОНАТАНОМ ОКОРОНКВО И ДАВИДОМ НДУКОЙ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 22 February 2022.
  4. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  5. "«Краснодару» могут разрешить дозаявить 3 нигерийцев из «Краснодара-2»" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 31 March 2022.
  6. "«КРАСНОДАР» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТЫ С НДУКОЙ, ОКОРОНКВО И ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 14 June 2022.
  7. "Zenit v Krasnodar game report". Russian Premier League. 13 May 2023.


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