Career

His current career goal tally stands at 10 goals in 317 league games for 8 different clubs. An 11th strike, which was not scored in a league game, proved to be a match winner for his old club Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....

 in an early UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 knockout round against Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV

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 in 2002. The other 9 have all been notched for Nigerian club Eagle Cement in the league, and the tenth goal came on his league debut for Owerri Stampede Nigeria FC

Stampede

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Personal life

He is the younger brother of Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

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 striker Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010...

. In addition he is the stepbrother of Oghab midfielder Anderson "Anders" Gabolalmo Kanu and Henry Isaac.

Trials

• 2002 TOP Oss
  TOP Oss
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• 2003 Peterborough United
  Peterborough United F.C.
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• 2005 Queens Park Rangers F.C.
  Queens Park Rangers F.C.
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• 2005 Millwall F.C.
  Millwall F.C.
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• 2005 Dagenham and Redbridge F.C.
• 2005 Esbjerg fB
  Esbjerg fB
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• 2005 Barnet F.C.
  Barnet F.C.
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• 2006 Odd Grenland
• 2006 Stevenage Borough F.C.
  Stevenage Borough F.C.
  Stevenage Football Club is an English football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club currently participate in League One, the third tier of English football, having won promotion from League Two in the 2010–11 season...
  
  
• 2006 IFK Mariehamn
  IFK Mariehamn
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• 2007 HJK Helsinki
  HJK Helsinki
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• 2007 A.F.C. Bournemouth
  A.F.C. Bournemouth
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• 2008 Aldershot Town
  Aldershot Town F.C.
  Aldershot Town Football Club is an association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot Football Club...
  
  
• 2009 Stampede
  Stampede
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International career

In 2000 Christopher made his international debut for Nigeria

Nigeria national football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...

 in a World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 qualifier against Eritrea

Eritrea national football team

The Eritrea national football team is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation . It is nicknamed the Red Sea Boys. It has not qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the African Nations Cup...

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