Dickson Nwakaeme

Dickson Nwakaeme Kabu (born 21 April 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward for Daejeon Korail FC.

Dickson Nwakaeme

Personal information
Full name	Dickson Nwakaeme Kabu
Date of birth	(1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Daejeon Korail FC
Number	37
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Halmstad BK	14	(8)
2009–2010	KuPS	27	(9)
2010	Aalborg BK	7	(1)
2011	KuPS	20	(7)
2012	SLNA	13	(10)
2013	Kelantan	11	(5)
2014–2015	Pahang FA	39	(14)
2016–2017	Angers SCO	6	(0)
2016–2017	Angers SCO II	7	(1)
2019–2020	Pahang FA	20	(9)
2021–	Daejeon Korail FC	33	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Halmstad BK

Nwakaeme professional debut is for Swedish first division Halmstad BK from 2008 to 2009. The "journeyman" forward played a huge role in destroying the defence and later on offered to a move to KuPS the end of the 2008/2009 season.

KuPS

Nwakaeme played for the Finnish premier division team KuPS from 2009 to 2010. He made a big impact in his first match with KuPS, helping his team to a 3–0 victory over rivals RoPS Rovaniemi. He scored a goal and was voted player of the match at Magnum Areena. After KuPS' defeat of FC Inter Turku, FC Inter manager Job Dragtsma claimed that Nwakaeme was the best striker he had ever seen in the Veikkausliiga.^[1]

Aalborg BK

Nwakaeme was loaned from Oulun Pallo to Aalborg BK from 1 September 2010 to 31 December 2010. He played seven matches and scored one goal.

SLNA

In April 2012, Nwakaeme signed a five-month contract with Vietnamese League champions SLNA. He scored on his debut for SLNA, coming off the bench in the second half to score a 93rd-minute equalizer against Sai Gon Xuan Thanh in the 14th round of matches in the Super League. The game ended 2–2 and preserved SLNA's unbeaten start to the league.^[2] Nwakaeme refused to extend his contract with SLNA.^[3]

Kelantan

In February 2013, Nwakaeme went on a trial with Malaysia Super League team Kelantan. After two weeks of trialling, he signed a one-year contract with the club. He made his debut playing against Maziya Sports & Recreation Club at Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium in Kota Bharu during the 2013 AFC Cup campaign. On 13 April, in the club's fourth match of the AFC Cup his lone goal led Kelantan to an AFC Cup win over SHB Đà Nẵng.^[4][5]

Pahang

In December 2013, Nwakaeme signed for Pahang^[6] together with Damion Stewart and Zeshan Rehman who had played for Fulham and Queens Park Rangers (QPR) respectively. On 8 March 2014, he scored his first score goal for Pahang FA after scoring twice against ATM FA and helping Pahang win the match. On 7 June 2014, he scored the winning goal against Felda United at the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup at Shah Alam Stadium.^[7] The goal brought the FA Cup to Kuantan after eight years of waiting. In 2014 Malaysia Cup, he scored two goals against JDT FC. The match brought the Malaysia Cup to Pahang, winning 5–3 on penalties after a draw in extra time.^[8]

Angers SCO

In 2016, he signed for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO, having been released by Pahang earlier in the year.^[9] His debut for his new club on 24 September that year was memorable, as a substitute, he scored an own goal in a 1–2 defeat to AS Monaco in the league.^[10] Nwakaeme scored his first goal for Angers in a Coupe de France match against US Granville in January 2017, scoring the winner in a 2–1 result.^[11]

Nwakaeme was released by Angers in June 2017 after only one season.^[12]

Return to Pahang

In January 2019, Nwakaeme rejoined Pahang FA.^[13] In the opening game of the 2019 Malaysia Super League, he scored twice in a 3–1 win over Kuala Lumpur FA.^[14]

Honours

Kelantan

• FA Cup

• Winners (1): 2013

• Malaysia Cup

• Runner-up (1): 2013

Pahang

• Malaysia Cup

• Winners (1): 2014

• FA Cup

• Winners (1): 2014

• Malaysia Charity Shield

• Runner-up (1): 2015

Personal life

Dickson Nwakaeme is the older brother of Anthony Nwakaeme.^[15][16]

References

1. "(Finnish) Nwakaeme Kupittaan kuningas". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
2. "Dickson Nwakaeme Scores On Debut For V-League Champions". AllnigeriaSoccer. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
3. "Dickson Nwakaeme Heading To Malaysia". AllnigeriaSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
4. "Dickson Nwakaeme to debut for Kelantan". Goal. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
5. "Nwakaeme's lone goal leads Kelantan to AFC Cup win over SHB Đà Nẵng". BoxscoreNews. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
6. "Dickson Nwakaeme joined Pahang". says.com. 15 December 2013.
7. "Man of the match: Pahang 2-1 Felda United". goal.com. 7 June 2014.
8. "Pahang muncul juara Piala Malaysia 2014". astro awani. 1 November 2014.
9. "Angers sign Nigeria striker Dickson Nwakaeme". Goal.com. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
10. "Monaco control Angers to go top". Ligue1.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
11. "Ligue1.com - Five-star Lyon too strong for Montpellier". www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
12. "Mercato 2018 : tous les transferts à retenir en Ligue 1". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
13. Sharma, Sarthak (18 January 2019). "OFFICIAL: Pahang FA bring back star forward Dickson Nwakaeme". FOX Sports Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
14. Azharie, Farah (2 February 2019). "Man of Steel makes Super return". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
15. "De la fraţii Costea, la fraţii Nwakaeme. "U" vrea să-l transfere pe fratele nigerianului Tony" [From the Costea brothers to the Nwakaeme brothers. "U" wants to transfer the brother of Nigerian Tony] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
16. "Dinastia Nwakaeme: fratele lui Tony ar putea ajunge la "U"" [Nwakaeme Dynasty: Tony's brother could come at "U"] (in Romanian). Zcj.ro. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

External links

• Dickson Nwakaeme at Soccerway