Onyekachi Apam
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Onyekachi Apam | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1986 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| –2003 | Pepsi Football Academy | |||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Enugu Rangers | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Nice | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Nice | 105 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Rennes | 23 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Nigeria U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Nigeria U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007– | Nigeria | 14 | (0) | |||||||||
|
Honours
|
||||||||||||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
||||||||||||
Onyekachi Apam, (born 30 December 1986 in Aba) is a Nigerian footballer.
His name, Onyekachi, means "Who is greater than God?". On 31 December 2007, Onyekachi was robbed and kidnapped in Enugu. He transferred to French club side Stade Rennes in summer 2010. He suffered from a long spell out of the side through injury, but finally made his debut for Rennes in January 2012, almost a year and a half after signing.
On 19 September 2014, it was announced that Apam signed with Seattle Sounders FC just before the MLS roster freeze. He was released without making an appearance on 5 December.
...
Wikipedia