Andrew Uwe ( born Andrew Uwe ; October 12, 1967) - Nigerian football player, defender. Member of the 1988 Summer Olympics and silver medalist of two African Nations Cup .
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| Was born | October 12, 1967 (51 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 193 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Andrew Uwe was born on October 23, 1962.
Club career
He started his professional career in 1985 at the Nigerian Championship Club - Leventis United . In 1988, he moved to Ivanyanwu National . Together with the team reached the final of the African Champions Cup 1988 , then "Ivuanyanu National" lost to the Algerian " EU Setif " in a two- game standoff [1] . In 1989, he became a player in the Belgian club Roeselare , who played in the Third Division . As part of the team spent 4 seasons and played in 44 games, scoring 5 goals.
In 1994 he moved to German “ Veen ”, and a year later to “ Oldenburg ”. In Oldenburg, the Nigerian was a player in the main squad for three seasons, and with the team went into the Second Bundesliga . In 1998, he became a Rot-Weiss player from the city of Alen. He finished his playing career in 2000 in the team " Cloppenburg ". He worked as a coach in the United States, having a UEFA coaching license of category “B” [2] . He coached youth teams in Germany [3] .
Career in the national team
In 1985, as part of the youth team of Nigeria to 20 years participated in the World Cup , which was held in the USSR. Nigeria won the bronze tournament awards, beating in the match for the third place of the USSR (0: 0, regular time and 3: 1 on penalties). Uwe played in all six games in the tournament.
As a member of the national team, Nigeria played from 1987 to 1990, having played 11 games on the team. In March 1988, was declared to participate in the African Cup of Nations in Morocco. Nigeria reached the final, but in the decisive game she lost to Cameroon with a minimum score (0: 1). Andrew Uwe played 4 games. [4]
In September 1988, the head coach of the Nigeria Olympic team, Manfred Honer, called Andrew to the Summer Olympics in Seoul. In the team, he received 3 number. In their group, the Nigerians took the last fourth place, behind Yugoslavia , Australia and Brazil . Uwe played in all three games in the tournament [5] .
In March 1990, Uwe was invited to the African Cup of Nations , which this time was held in Algeria. Nigeria again reached the final match, where it lost to the hosts of the tournament - Algeria (0: 1). Uwe played in three games in the tournament [6] .
Achievements
- Silver Cup Winner of African Nations (2): 1988 , 1990
- Bronze medalist at the World Youth Championship (1): 1985
- Finalist of the African Champions Cup (1): 1988
Notes
- ↑ African Club Competitions 1988 / rsssf.com
- ↑ Q & A with Andrew Uwe / supersport.com
- ↑ Andrew Uwe - Manager profile | Transfermarkt
- ↑ African Nations Cup 1988 - Final Tournament Details / rsssf.com
- ↑ Profile on FIFA.com (Eng.)
- ↑ African Nations Cup 1990 - Final Tournament Details / rsssf.com
Links
- Profile on TheFinalBall.com (English)
- Profile on worldfootball.net (English)
- Player Profile (English) on Transfermarkt
- Profile on National Football Teams (English)
- Andrew Uwe - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (eng.)