Paul Onuachu

Ebere Paul Onuachu (born 28 May 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Genk and the Nigeria national team, as a forward.

A Welcome Note

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Career In Numbers

As of match played 21 May 2022

Games Played

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Career Goals

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Career Honors

Journey to Stardom

My Career Path As a Professional Footballer

FC Midtjylland

KRC GENK

Nigerian National Team

Onuachu moved to Danish club FC Midtjylland in 2012, on a scholarship, from their affiliate team in Nigeria, Ebedei. He was a prolific scorer for their youth team, and made his first-team debut in the Cup later that year, before making his league debut in December 2012. In June 2013 he signed a new three-year contract with the club, before extending it for a further three-years in August 2015. In early 2015 he was loaned to Vejle BK, before returning to FC Midtjylland ahead of the 2015–16 season.

In August 2019 he signed for Belgian club Genk. With over 55 league goals to his name in the last two seasons for KRC Genk, Paul Onuachu have been on tremendous form for his club so far, and has seen interest from many top European clubs.

Onuachu scored 33 goals in 38 league appearances for the Smurfs two seasons ago. He was also the club’s top scorer last season with 21 goals in 35 league outings. This season (2022), he has already registered 13 goals in 14 league appearances as of November, 2022.

Onuachu has ever since, been a standout performer for the Limburgers in the last two seasons. Two seasons ago, the Nigerian striker recorded 34 league goals and his exploits did not go unnoticed, as he was awarded the Best Player in Belgium. After his achievement, the Super Eagles striker was expected to seal a move away from the club. However, despite links to Lyon, Arsenal, and West Ham, Genk kept him.

Onuachu was called up to the Nigeria under-23 national team in February 2015. In March 2019 he received his first call-up to the Nigerian senior team.

On 26 March 2019, Onuachu scored his first goal for Nigeria in a friendly match against Egypt. The goal was scored within the first ten seconds of the game, and the fastest ever scored for Nigeria. Following the goal Onuachu was heralded as the “toast of Nigerian football”, with “his coach, team-mates, journalists and fans talking about him”. He was selected to the Nigeria squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He played in Nigeria’s 1–0 win over Burundi.