Nigerian Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is an Nigerian footballer who is playing for Hapoel Nazareth Illit of the Israeli national league.[1

Is an Nigerian footballer who is playing for Hapoel Nazareth Illit of the Israeli national league.[1] He previously played for Tai Po FC of Hong Kong First Division League.

Is an English-born football goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Championship side Queens Park Ran

Is an English-born football goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Championship side Queens Park Rangers from Wolverhampton Wanderers.Ikeme suffered a knee injury during the 2006–07 season and had to undergo surgery, which kept him out of contention until late 2007. After recovering, he was an unused substitute or only employed in reserve team fixtures. It wasn't until September 2008 that he got his chance to return to Wolves' first team after regular keeper Wayne Hennessey was suspended.

Is a Nigerian footballer who plays left-back and is currently a free agent.Babayaro began his playin

Is a Nigerian footballer who plays left-back and is currently a free agent.Babayaro began his playing career at Nigerian side Plateau United, before moving to Belgium giants R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1994, and eventually would make a name for himself, quickly gaining first-choice status although still a teenager.

Is a Nigerian American basketball player. He is a 6'5", 195 pound shooting guard. Oguchi played for

Is a Nigerian American basketball player. He is a 6'5", 195 pound shooting guard. Oguchi played for the University of Oregon for three years before transferring to Illinois State University in 2007. He has also been a member of the Nigeria national basket

Is a football player, who currently plays for Kaduna United F.C.. Negedu began his career with Kadun

Is a football player, who currently plays for Kaduna United F.C.. Negedu began his career with Kaduna United F.C. who was 2007 promoted to the Nigerian Premier League team and left 15 January 2009 his native Nigeria to sign with Tunisian top club ES Sahel an five years contract. But after only one year in December 2009 his club ES Sahel resigns the contract and he turned back to Kaduna United F.C..

Is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian club FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. Newuche has

Is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian club FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. Newuche has also made 8 appearances for the Nigerian under-21 national side. Newuche Charles won the best foreign player in the Ukrainian first division league 2008/2009 season, and was voted the best player of his team by the fans of his team and he won the highest goal scorer of his club 2008/2009 season. Newuche charles has scored 16 goals in the league this season and 1 goal in Ukrainian Kubok.

Is a Nigerian football player. The striker currently plays for KS Apolonia Fier in the Albanian Supe

Is a Nigerian football player. The striker currently plays for KS Apolonia Fier in the Albanian Superliga. He was loaned out to Albanian First Division side Bilisht Sporti for the entire 2008-2009 season in order to gain more experience of Albanian football.

Is a former Nigerian international football player.During his playing career he played for Enugu Ran

Is a former Nigerian international football player.During his playing career he played for Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Premier League.

Is a professional football player. He was previously with Notts County and Leicester City.Chilaka wa

Is a professional football player. He was previously with Notts County and Leicester City.Chilaka was bought to Notts County by the youth team coach after the two had been together at Rushden & Diamonds.

Is a Nigerian Defender who plays for Bayelsa United.He is a right-footed full-back who can play on e

Is a Nigerian Defender who plays for Bayelsa United.He is a right-footed full-back who can play on either side of the pitch. He came in January 2007 from Gabros International to Bayelsa United F.C.

Is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Sup

Is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Superliga.

Is a Nigerian football player. He is currently playing for Mohun Bagan in the I-League in India as a

Is a Nigerian football player. He is currently playing for Mohun Bagan in the I-League in India as a Strker.Earlier Chidi played for Mahindra United and Dempo SC.

Is a former football defender from Nigeria. He won 20 caps for his country, and was part of the squa

Is a former football defender from Nigeria. He won 20 caps for his country, and was part of the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1988, while playing for ACB Lagos, Nwanu was declared unwanted by coach Patrick Ekeji. Nwanu went on to play in lower divisions in Belgium before he was picked up by Jupiler League side K.S.K. Beveren. After three seasons he was bought by giants R.S.C. Anderlecht, who won the league twice during his stay. Nwanu played very few matches, however, and he eventually retired after an unsuccessful spell in RKC Waalwijk.

Is a Nigerian football defender, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow, whom he joined from Sheriff Ti

Is a Nigerian football defender, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow, whom he joined from Sheriff Tiraspol. In his native Nigeria, Odiah used to play for Eagle Cement and Julius Berger F.C.. Chidi Odiah has represented his country on international level.

Is a Nigerian/Bulgarian football player used as a winger who currently plays for Asteras Tripolis.In

Is a Nigerian/Bulgarian football player used as a winger who currently plays for Asteras Tripolis.In 2007 Udoji played for Bulgaria national under-21 football team in a friendly match against Greece U21. He scored two goals. The result of the match was a 4:1 win for Bulgaria. However, after finding problems with his Bulgarian citizenship, UEFA and FIFA made it known that he is not eligible to play for Bulgaria but only for Nigeria.

Is a Nigerian football goalkeeper, he plays for Enyimba.He began his career at Arugo F.C. and played

Is a Nigerian football goalkeeper, he plays for Enyimba.He began his career at Arugo F.C. and played later for Dolphins F.C. & Julius Berger FC. He was by Dolphins F.C. a Hero. The players alongside Victor Babayaro (Director of Sport by Dolphins F.C.) allegedly collected money meant to be part payment of sign on fees as well as three months salary from Akwa United F.C. and then returned to Dolphins F.C.

Is an Nigerian football player who plays as a Defender for I-League team Pune FC.

Is an Nigerian football player who plays as a Defender for I-League team Pune FC.

Is a Togolese-Nigerian football forward currently playing for West Ham United F.C..He came off the b

Is a Togolese-Nigerian football forward currently playing for West Ham United F.C..He came off the bench three times and started the final two games in the warm up for the 2008 Summer Olympics. However he did not make the final squad to Beijing.

Is a Nigerian former professional football striker who was renowned for his goalscoring prowess in t

Is a Nigerian former professional football striker who was renowned for his goalscoring prowess in the Indian leagues.Okorie moved to India as a student, then played for Mohammedan SC, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He then moved to England, joining Peterborough United on non-contract terms before joining Grimsby Town in September 1993.

Is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a striker for German club 1899 Hoffenheim, and has made sevent

Is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a striker for German club 1899 Hoffenheim, and has made seventeen appearances for the Nigerian national team. "Edu", as he is also known, came to Norway at the same time as his countryman John Obi Mikel. On 20 December 2007, a transfer deal was announced with Lokomotiv Moscow[1] and Ogbuke was set to move to the Russian side in January. The deal was derailed, however, when the president, sporting director and manager of Lokomotiv were all fired six days later.

Is a Nigerian American basketball player. He played college basketball for Texas A&M.

Is a Nigerian American basketball player. He played college basketball for Texas A&M.

Is a Nigerian[2] novelist, poet and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart

Is a Nigerian[2] novelist, poet and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1959), which is the most widely-read book in modern African literature.Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo village of Ogidi in south Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with world religions and traditional African cultures, and began writing stories as a university student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He gained worldwide attention for Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; his later novels include No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe wrote his novels in English and has defended the use of English, a language of colonizers, in African literature. In 1975, his lecture An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" became the focus of controversy, for its criticism of Joseph Conrad as "a thoroughgoing racist".

Is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She

Is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She was also an officer in the Nigeria Police Force at the time.

Is a Nigerian under-21 striker, currently a free agent after being released by Sligo Rovers. Former

Is a Nigerian under-21 striker, currently a free agent after being released by Sligo Rovers. Former manager Sean Connor signed him during the 2006 season on a free. Before he was at Rovers, he had a spell in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt and Kickers Offenbach. He scored his first goal, for Rovers in the game at home to Drogheda, on 11 November 2006, with a memorable 25 yard strike.

Is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club Viborg

Is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club Viborg FF.