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Full name | Chinedum Onuoha[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 November 1986||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Warri, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1996–2004 | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2012 | Manchester City | 95 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Sunderland (loan) | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Queens Park Rangers | 207 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Real Salt Lake | 44 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 377 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2005 | England U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | England U21 | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Chinedum Onuoha (born 12 November 1986) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit for ESPN. He also works for Manchester City as a community ambassador.
As a player he was a centre back, but could also play at right back or left back. Onuoha came through the academy at Manchester City going on to make 95 appearances in the Premier League over an 8 year-spell with the club. He also spent time playing in the top flight for Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers. He was part of the QPR team that were defeated 3-2 by his former club Manchester City on the final day of the 2011–12 season, with City winning the title in the final seconds of the game. He later won promotion back to the Premier League with QPR via the 2013-14 play-offs. He later spent several seasons in Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake. He was capped at England U20 and England U21 levels.