Uche Henry Agbo (born 4 December 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Aktobe.
Club career Born in Kano, Uche started playing for local lowly Bai Boys, and moved to Taraba in 2010.The Nigeria U-20 national football team; West African Football, 27 May 2012 In May 2011 he signed for JUTH,Uche Agbo ; Foetbal 247, 4 January 2012 and appeared regularly for the side, scoring once.
In January 2012 Uche joined Enyimba International along with teammate James Amankwei.Ghanaian striker Amankwei set for Enyimba ; MTN Football, 2 January 2012 He made his debut for the club on 28 April 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win against Dolphins.Enyimba triumphant again after 2–0 Dolphins win ; Enyimba's official website, 28 April 2013
In October 2013, Uche went on a trial at Udinese,Exclusive: Uche Agbo Begins Trials At Udinese; All Nigeria Soccer, 11 October 2013 signing a four-year deal in the following month.Exclusive: Uche Agbo Set To Sign Four-year Deal With Udinese; All Nigeria Soccer, 18 November 2013 In March 2014 he moved to Granada CF, linking up with the Andalusians also until 2018 and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new players of Granada CF) ; Granada CF, 18 March 2014
On 23 February 2015, Uche made his first team – and La Liga – debut, replacing Javi Márquez in the dying minutes of a 2–1 away loss against Levante UD.El Levante resurge de sus cenizas (Levante rises from its ashes); Marca, 23 February 2015 On 25 July of the following year, he signed a five-year contract with Premier League club Watford, being immediately loaned back to Granada for one year.Uche Agbo signs for Watford, yet is loaned to Granada immediately; Vavel, 25 July 2016
On 11 July 2017, Uche joined Belgian club Standard de Liège. On 31 January 2019, he returned to Spain and its first division after agreeing to a six-month loan at Rayo Vallecano, with an option to buy. In doing so, he said that he had turned down a big-money move to China, as his career development was more important.
On 21 January 2020, after a six-month loan spell at S.C. Braga, Uche agreed to a deal with Deportivo de La Coruña, still owned by Standard.
On 1 September 2021, following mass exodus from La Coruña, Agbo was announced as a signing of reigning Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava on a three-year contract. His performance against Slovan from the Europa League was recalled in his introduction.
International career Uche got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side to replace the injured Leon Balogun for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016. On 1 June 2017, he made his international debut for Nigeria in a 3–0 win against Togo in a friendly replacing Wilfred Ndidi.
Uche was included in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but he did not make the final 23-man squad.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGranada B (loan)2013–14Segunda División B41————412014–15291————2912015–16242————242Total57400000000574Granada (loan)2014–15La Liga1000———102015–166040———1002016–1731010———320Total38050000000435Standard Liège2017–18Belgian First Division A35150—60—4612018–1910010——10120Total45160006010581Rayo Vallecano (loan)2018–19La Liga6000———60Braga (loan)2019–20Primeira Liga10002020—50Deportivo La Coruña (loan)2019–20Segunda División9000———90Deportivo La Coruña 2020–21Segunda División B14010———150Total23010000000240Slovan Bratislava2021–22Slovak First League 20041—60—3012022–23Slovak First League16150—100—3112023–24Slovak First League2000—00—20Total381910016000632Slovan Bratislava II2021–22Slovak Second League20————202022–23Slovak Second League50————502023–24Slovak Second League20————20Total900000000090Career total17051202080101935
Honours Slovan Bratislava Fortuna Liga: 2021–22, 2022–23
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