 Iwobi playing for Arsenal in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alexander Chuka Iwobi[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Fulham | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2015 | Arsenal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Arsenal | 100 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Everton | 123 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Fulham | 35 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | England U16 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | England U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | England U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Nigeria | 81 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:44, 21 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:31, 7 September 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alexander Chuka Iwobi MON (/ɪˈwoʊbi/ ih-WOH-bee;[3] born 3 May 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Fulham and the Nigeria national team.
Iwobi began his career at Arsenal, making 149 appearances and scoring fifteen goals. He won the FA Cup in 2017, and scored in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final as well. In August 2019, he transferred to Everton for an initial £28 million fee.
Iwobi represented England up to under-18 level. He made his senior international debut for Nigeria in October 2015, and was part of their squads at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019, 2021 and 2023, finishing third at the 2019 tournament, and runner-up at the 2023 tournament.
- ^ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Alex Iwobi: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Arsenal (22 May 2014), Arsenal: Introducing Alex Iwobi, archived from the original on 17 November 2021, retrieved 17 November 2017