Theophilus Awua

Theophilus Awua
Personal information
Full name Theophilus Aondofa Awua
Date of birth (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SPAL
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2016 Abuja
2016–2017 Spezia
2016–2017 → Inter (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Spezia 1 (0)
2017 → Juve Stabia (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Rende (loan) 31 (4)
2019–2020 → Bari (loan) 17 (1)
2020 → Livorno (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 → Cittadella (loan) 3 (0)
2021 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 18 (0)
2021–2023 Pro Vercelli 14 (0)
2022–2023 → Crotone (loan) 46 (2)
2023–2024 Crotone 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Atalanta Under-23 (loan) 20 (0)
2024 Atalanta Under-23 0 (0)
2024– SPAL 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024

Theophilus Aondofa Awua (born 24 April 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie C Group A club SPAL.

Career

Awua made his Serie C debut for Juve Stabia on 16 September 2017 in a game against Trapani.[1]

Having returned to Spezia, he scored a goal against Pro Vercelli in the match that Spezia went on to win 5–1.

On 5 July 2018, he joined Serie C club Rende on a season-long loan.[2]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Serie C club Bari on loan from Spezia.[3][4] On 30 January 2020, he was loaned to Livorno.[5]

On 8 September 2020, he joined Cittadella on loan.[6][7]

On 21 January 2021, he joined Pro Vercelli on loan.[8][9] In June 2021, he joined the club permanently.[10]

On 12 January 2022, he went to Crotone on loan.[11][12] On 19 July 2022, Awua returned to Crotone on a new loan with an obligation to buy.[13]

On 29 August 2023, Crotone announced Awua's loan to Atalanta with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[14] He played with the club's reserve team in Serie C.

On 20 August 2024, Awua signed a two-season contract with SPAL.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Il centrocampista Awua primo tassello. Arriva in prestito dallo Spezia" (Press release) (in Italian). Rende. 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Mercato: Theophilus Awua in prestito al Bari" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Benvenuti Awua e Bianco!" (Press release) (in Italian). Bari. 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Due Nuovi Acquisti del Livorno" (Press release) (in Italian). Livorno. 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Mercato: Theophilus Awua in prestito al Cittadella" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Theophilus Awua" (Press release) (in Italian). Cittadella. 8 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Theophilus Awua in prestito alla Pro Vercelli" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 21 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Benvenuto Theophilus Awua!" (Press release) (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 21 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Ufficiale: la Pro Vercelli ingaggia il nigeriano Awua". lasesia.vercelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Theophilus Awua ceduto al Crotone" (Press release) (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 12 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Awua è del Crotone. Benvenuto Theo!" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Awua, Panico e Vitale sono rossoblù!" (in Italian). Crotone. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Awua all'Atalanta" [Awua to Atalanta] (in Italian). Atalanta. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Theophilus Awua è biancazzurro!" [Theophilus Awua is blue and white!] (in Italian). SPAL. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.


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