Vincent Enyeama
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Enyeama playing for Lille in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vincent Enyeama | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aba, Abia State, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Ibom Stars | 56 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Enyimba | 100 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Iwuanyanwu Nationale | 36 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Bnei Yehuda | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 113 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Lille | 143 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 531 | (20) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2015 | Nigeria | 101 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vincent Enyeama MON (ⓘ; born 29 August 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Despite his below-average height for a goalkeeper, he is popularly regarded as one of the greatest African goalkeepers of all time and the greatest of his era.
During his senior career, which spanned nearly 20 years, Enyeama played for Ibom Stars, Enyimba, Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Lille and Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was also a member of the Nigeria national team from 2002 until October 2015, serving as its captain from 2013 until his retirement from international football in 2015. With 101 caps, he was Nigeria's most capped player until November 2021 when he was surpassed by Ahmed Musa.