Jermaine Udumaga

Jermaine Udumaga
Personal information
Full name Chinaemerem Jermaine Udumaga[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Lewisham, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
0000–2011 Charlton Athletic
2011–2013 Oxford United
2013–2014 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Brentford 3 (0)
2015–2016 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 4 (0)
2016 KSF Prespa Birlik 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chinaemerem Jermaine Udumaga (born 22 June 1995) is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He described himself as "either an eight or a 10 driving from midfield".[3]

Career

Early years

Born in Lewisham,[4] Udumaga began his career in the youth system at nearby club Charlton Athletic, before moving League Two club Oxford United in 2011 and signing scholarship forms in February 2012.[4] He joined Premier League club Newcastle United on trial in 2012,[5][6] before signing for Championship club Crystal Palace towards the end of the 2012–13 season.[7]

Brentford

Towards the end of the 2013–14 season, Udumaga joined League One club Brentford on trial.[3] After impressing for the Development Squad, he signed a one-year professional contract with the newly promoted Championship club in June 2014.[8] After eight goals and almost as many assists for the Development Squad during the first half of the 2014–15 season, Udumaga was rewarded with his maiden call into the first team squad for a league match versus former club Charlton Athletic on 14 February 2015 and remained an unused substitute during the 3–0 defeat.[9] On 26 February, it was announced that Udumaga had signed a new one-year contract.[10] Udumaga was called into the first team squad for three late-season games and finished the season as top scorer for the Development Squad,[9] with 12 goals in 24 appearances.[11]

Udumaga continued his involvement with the first team into 2015–16 pre-season, being included in the squad for a training camp in Portugal in July and scoring in friendlies versus S.C. Farense and Tottenham Hotspur.[12][13] He made his senior debut with a start in a League Cup first round match versus former club Oxford United on 11 August, playing the full 90 minutes of the 4–0 defeat.[14] A spate of transfers away from Griffin Park and an injury crisis saw Udumaga hold onto his place in the squad and he made three further substitute appearances over the course of the following month.[14]

On 26 November 2015, Udumaga joined League Two club Wycombe Wanderers on a one-month loan.[15] Despite so far failing to make an appearance,[14] his loan was later extended by a further month.[16] Udumaga finally made his Chairboys debut as a substitute for Paul Hayes late in a 2–0 win over Crawley Town on 28 December.[14] He made three further appearances before returning to Brentford when his loan expired.[17]

Despite still making regular appearances for the Development Squad,[18] Udumaga requested his contract be cancelled prior to the end of the 2015–16 season.[19] During two years with the Bees, he made four first team appearances and scored 14 goals in 42 appearances for the Development Squad.[11][20][21][22]

KSF Prespa Birlik

On 6 August 2016, Udumaga was announced as having joined Swedish Division 1 Södra club KSF Prespa Birlik.[23] He scored one goal in 11 appearances before departing the club.[9][24]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2014–15[25] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[14] Championship 3 0 — 1 0 — 4 0
Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2015–16[14] League Two 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
KSF Prespa Birlik 2016[9] Division 1 Södra 11 1 — — — 11 1
Career total 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Football League Cup

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League Limited. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ Jermaine Udumaga at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b "Jermaine Udumaga reflects on new contract". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "New scholars set to join". oufc.co.uk. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Match Reports | Academy | Academy Report | Middlesbrough U18s 2 Newcastle U18s 0". nufc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ MacKenzie, Niall. "The Unlikely Lads – U". nufc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Fulham U18s 2–1 Crystal Palace U18s". Fulham Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Jermaine Udumaga prepares for "big season" after signing a Brentford Development Squad contract at Griffin Park". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d Jermaine Udumaga at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. ^ "New contract extension for Brentford Development Squad midfield player Jermaine Udumaga". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. ^ a b "2014/15 Development Squad Stats". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  12. ^ Wickham, Chris. "SC Farense v Brentford pre-season friendly match report". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  13. ^ Wickham, Chris. "Tottenham Hotspur beat Brentford in behind closed doors friendly this lunchtime". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Games played by Jermaine Udumaga in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Brentford midfield players Jermaine Udumaga and James Ferry join Wycombe Wanderers on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Jermaine Udumaga stays at Wycombe Wanderers while James Ferry returns to Griffin Park". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  17. ^ Wickham, Chris. "Jermaine Udumaga returns to Brentford from loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  18. ^ Deacon, Chris. "2015/16 Development Squad Stats". Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  19. ^ Brett, Ciaran. "Four young players will be leaving Brentford when their contracts expire at the end of the season". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Development Squad Player Statistics". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  21. ^ Jermaine Udumaga at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  22. ^ Brett, Ciaran. "2013/14 Brentford Development Squad stats". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  23. ^ "Welcome to PB, Jermaine Udumaga". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  24. ^ ""Det har alltid varit klubben i mitt hjärta"". 24Malmö.se. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Jermaine Udumaga in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2015.