Jesurun Uchegbulam

Jesurun Uchegbulam
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic
Youth career
AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2018 Stockport Town
2018–2021 Mossley 32 (4)
2021–2022 Matlock Town 32 (7)
2022–2023 Chesterfield 34 (2)
2023–2024 Rochdale 30 (1)
2024– Oldham Athletic 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:13, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Jesurun Uchegbulam (born 1 January 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for English club Oldham Athletic, as a winger.[2]

Early life

Uchegbulam was born in Lagos and moved to Italy as a young child.[3] After his parents lost their jobs the family moved to England, when he was 15, settling in Harpurhey.[3]

Career

Early career

Uchegbulam joined the youth team of AC Milan at the age of 7.[3] After his family move to England, he had a trial with Everton, but he was not signed by the club after he had heart surgery.[3] He also had trials with Sheffield Wednesday, Wigan Athletic, Brentford and Salford City.[4][5]

He then spent time in non-league football with Stockport Town and Mossley, for whom he was named the fans' young player of the year in June 2020,[6] having scored four goals in 32 league appearances for the club.[7] He joined Matlock Town in May 2021,[8] scoring 9 goals in 38 appearances for the Northern Premier League Premier Division club,[5][9]

Chesterfield

In July 2022, Uchegbulam signed his first professional contract with Chesterfield.[4][5][10][3] By September 2022 he was appearing for the club primarily as a substitute,[11] and he scored his first goal for the club that month.[12]

Rochdale

On 11 August 2023, Uchegbulam signed for Rochdale for a nominal undisclosed fee.[13]

Oldham Athletic

On 3 July 2024, Uchegbulam signed for Oldham Athletic.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Jeserum Uchegbulam". Mosseleyweb.com.
  2. ^ Jesurun Uchegbulam at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c d e "From AC Milan to Chesterfield via heart surgery". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ a b "Winger signs for Spireites | Chesterfield FC".
  5. ^ a b c "Chesterfield fend off competition from other clubs to sign rapid winger". Derbyshire Times.
  6. ^ "Virtual awards for Lilleywhites". Tamesidecorrespomdent.co.uk. 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Statistics". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Matlock Town sign former AC Milan youngster-Matlock Town have completed the signing of winger Jesurun Uchegbulam". Derbyshire Times.
  9. ^ "Matlock Town | Appearances | Jesurun Uchegbulam | 2021-2022". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Spireites set to sign rapid winger who was at AC Milan as kid and had trials at EFL clubs". Derbyshire Times.
  11. ^ "'Progressing nicely' - is exciting prospect Jez ready to start games regularly?". Derbyshire Times.
  12. ^ "'Heaven' - Jez opens up about life as a pro footballer at Spireites after scoring his first goal". Derbyshire Times.
  13. ^ "Dale Sign Winger Uchegbulam". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Jes Makes Latics Switch". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.