Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kingsley Dogo Michael [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DSV Leoben | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Abuja | ||
2017–2018 | Bologna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2023 | Bologna | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Perugia (loan) | 25 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Cremonese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021 | → Reggina (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → SV Ried (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023– | DSV Leoben | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Nigeria U17 | 7 | (1) |
2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021 |
Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team [2]
He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017 [3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field. [4]
On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan. [5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco. [6]
He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.
On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020. [7]
On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season. [8]
On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria. [9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early. [10]
He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, [11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil, [12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.
He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match. [13]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Kingsley Dogo Michael [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DSV Leoben | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Abuja | ||
2017–2018 | Bologna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2023 | Bologna | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Perugia (loan) | 25 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Cremonese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021 | → Reggina (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → SV Ried (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023– | DSV Leoben | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Nigeria U17 | 7 | (1) |
2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021 |
Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team [2]
He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017 [3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field. [4]
On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan. [5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco. [6]
He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.
On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020. [7]
On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season. [8]
On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria. [9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early. [10]
He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, [11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil, [12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.
He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match. [13]