David Ankeye
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Akpan Ankeye | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Rapid București (on loan from Genoa) | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Sidos FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021 | Sidos FC | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Hammarby (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Hammarby Talang (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Jimmy Football Academy | ||
2022–2023 | Hammam Sousse | 15 | (6) |
2023 | → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 13 | (5) |
2024 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Genoa | 10 | (0) |
2025– | → Rapid București (loan) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2025 |
David Akpan Ankeye (born 22 May 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Rapid București, on loan from the Serie A club Genoa.
Early life
[edit]As a youth player, Ankeye joined the youth academy of Nigerian side Sidos FC.[1]
Career
[edit]On 6 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol of the Moldovan Super Liga announced the signing Ankeye from ES Hammam Sousse, where he'd spent the previous eight-months, scoring five times in eight matches.[2]
On 31 January 2024, Ankeye left Sheriff Tiraspol to sign for Genoa.[3][4]
On 20 January 2025, Ankeye signed with Rapid București on loan until summer from Genoa.[5]
Style of play
[edit]Ankeye mainly operates as a striker and is right-footed.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Ankeye is a native of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chi è David Ankeye?". calciomercato.com. 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Два пополнения". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Спасибо, Давид Анкийе". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "ANKEYE NUOVO ATTACCANTE DEL GRIFO". genoacfc.it (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "DAVID ANKEYE VA JUCA LA RAPID PÂNĂ ÎN VARĂ" [DAVID ANKEYE WILL PLAY AT RAPID UNTIL SUMMER] (in Romanian). FC Rapid București. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "David Ankeye, l'ultimo colpo in attacco del Genoa". numero-diez.com.
- ^ "Genoa move a dream come true, says David Ankeye". boldsportsng.com. 31 January 2024.
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Footballers from Port Harcourt
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Hammarby Talang FF players
- ES Hammam Sousse players
- FC Sheriff Tiraspol players
- Genoa CFC players
- FC Rapid București players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Serie A players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen