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Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kingsley Dogo Michael[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | DSV Leoben | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Abuja | ||
| 2017–2018 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Bologna | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Perugia (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Cremonese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Reggina (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → SV Ried (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | DSV Leoben | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Nigeria U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021 | |||
He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017[3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.[4]
On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan.[5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco.[6]
He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.
On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020.[7]
On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8]
On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria.[9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early.[10]
He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship,[11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil,[12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.
He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match.[13]
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2023[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perugia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Cremonese (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Reggina (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| SV Ried (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| DSV Leoben | 2023–24 | Austrian 2. Liga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 70 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 1 | ||||
- Includes Coppa Italia, Austrian Cup
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