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Vincent Enyeama (born 29 August 1982) is a Nigerian professional footballer who played for French club Lille as a goalkeeper. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team from 2002 until October 2015, serving as its captain from 2013 until his retirement from international football.<\/strong><\/p>\n He is one of Nigeria’s most capped player of all time, ending his international career with 101 caps. Vincent is widely regarded as one the greatest African Goalkeepers of all time and of his era<\/p>\n He was born in Kaduna 29 August 1982, raised in a Christian home and hails from Urua Inyang in Akwa Ibom state, south-south Nigeria.<\/p>\n Enyeama started his professional career in 1999 with\u00a0Ibom Stars for which he played in 56 matches. \u00a0In 2001 he moved to Enyimba FC and\u00a0represented them over a period of three years and was an effective element of the team.<\/p>\n In the three years Enyeama was with Enyimba FC, he featured in 100 games and netted 10 goals.\u00a0During his time at\u00a0Enyimba International F.C., the club won the CAF Champions League twice.<\/p>\n After three seasons with Enyimba International F.C. and one with Iwuanyanwu Nationale (now known as Heartland F.C.), Enyeama moved to a minor club in Israel, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n In his first season with Bnei Yehuda, the team qualified for the final of the Israel State Cup and achieved fourth place in the Israeli Premier League, which qualified the team for the 2006 UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n In 2007, Enyeama signed for Hapoel Tel Aviv. Hapoel Tel Aviv endured a poor season in 2007\/2008, but Enyeama helped the team to avoid relegation and reach the state cup final.<\/p>\n During 2008\/09 Hapoel, unexpectedly, almost won the league title, with Enyeama winning the “Player of The Year” award – although he wasn’t playing for the team who won the championship. During that year Enyeama became Hapoel’s penalty kicker.<\/p>\n In 2009\/10 Hapoel won the Double, with Enyeama scoring an advantage goal during the Cup Final, and missing a penalty on the last fixture of the year, where Hapoel eventually managed to score a winning goal on the 92nd minute to win the league.<\/p>\n On 18 August 2010, he scored his first goal of the 2010\u201311 season with a penalty against Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League qualifiers.<\/p>\n During that season Enyeama played well on the Champions\u2019 League Group Stage with Hapoel, claiming great grades from the press during a game against Lyon and against Schalke 04. That\u00a0same\u00a0year Enyeama won the Israeli cup once again.<\/p>\n In June 2011 he moved to French side Lille for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. He made his debut on 18 October 2011 against Inter Milan in the 2012 UEFA Champions\u2019 League group stage, where Inter managed a 1\u20130 victory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In August 2012 Vincent Enyeamhelpa agreed on a one-year loan deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv and was presented to the media by Maccabi’s Sports Director Jordi Cruyff at 8 August 2012. At that season he captured 27 appearances in the Israeli Premier League and took part in Maccabi’s success to win the championship title.<\/p>\n During the 2013\u201314 Ligue 1 season, club manager Ren\u00e9 Girard picked Enyeama as his first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Steeve Elana, who had been the first-choice goalkeeper when Rudi Garcia was the club manager.<\/p>\n With the\u00a0 of his two centre-backs, Marko Ba\u0161a and Simon Kj\u00e6r, Enyeama kept 11 consecutive clean sheets in Ligue 1 matches during the first half of the season.<\/p>\n In December 2013, Enyeama finally conceded a goal, after playing 1,062 minutes of Ligue 1 football, in an away match against Bordeaux, during which he was beaten by Landry N’Gu\u00e9mo’s deflected strike in the 27th minute.<\/p>\n He thus came within 114 minutes of equalling Ga\u00ebtan Huard’s Ligue 1 goalkeeping record, set in 1993, of playing 1,176 minutes without conceding a goal.<\/p>\n See Also: 10 Things You Never Knew About Joseph Yobo, The Nigerian Football Veteran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n After making his debut for the\u00a0Nigeria national football team\u00a0against\u00a0Kenya\u00a0in May 2002,\u00a0Enyeama was selected for the\u00a02002 FIFA World Cup\u00a0as a cover for\u00a0Ike Shorunmu. His second FIFA World Cup participation was the 2010 tournament in South Africa.<\/p>\n At the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Enyeama deputized for regular captain Joseph Yobo<\/a>, who stayed on the bench for most of the competition.\u00a0He\u00a0led Nigeria to its third continental victory, keeping a clean sheet in a 1\u20130 defeat of Burkina Faso in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final. He was named to the team of the tournament as the first-choice goalkeeper, conceding only four goals in six matches.<\/p>\n Enyeama was named in Nigeria’s squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. By\u00a0March 2015, Enyeama had won his 100th cap for Nigeria in a 1\u20130 loss to Uganda.<\/p>\n Enyeama retired from international football on 8 October 2015, following a clash with\u00a0coach Sunday Oliseh<\/a> at their Belgium camp while the national team was preparing for its friendly games against Congo and Cameroon.<\/p>\nWho is Vincent Enyeama?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Football Career\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Football Clubs Vincent Enyeama Played For?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Vincent Enyeama and the Nigeria National Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Retirement from International Football<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Meet Vincent Enyeama’s Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n