Ike Udeh
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Ike Udeh is a retired Nigerian football (soccer) striker who played one season in Major League Soccer and one in the USISL.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 6, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Alabama A&M | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Kansas City Wizards | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | Jacksonville Cyclones | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Nigeria U17 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Udeh played on both the Nigerian U-17 and U-21 teams before moving to the United States to attend Alabama A&M. On February 1, 1997, the Kansas City Wizards selected Udeh in the second round (seventeenth overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft.[1] The Wizards waived him on June 17, 1997.[2] In July, he signed with the Carolina Dynamo.[3] but an automobile accident left him severely injured. and he spent nine months in rehabilitation during which he earned his master's degree from Alabama A&M.[4] In May 1998, he joined the Jacksonville Cyclones of the USISL.[5]
Udeh has an extensive resume of coaching high school soccer teams in Alabama.[6]
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